Quchak'uchu (Cusco-Puno)

For the lake in the Sandia Province, Puno Region, Peru, see Quchak'uchu (Sandia).
Quchak'uchu
Quchak'uchu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°05′43″S 70°48′09″W / 14.09528°S 70.80250°W / -14.09528; -70.80250Coordinates: 14°05′43″S 70°48′09″W / 14.09528°S 70.80250°W / -14.09528; -70.80250 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Quchak'uchu (Quechua qucha lake, k'uchu corner, inside corner or outward angle[3] "lake corner", hispanicized spelling Cochacucho) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru at a small lake of the same name. The mountain is about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pablo District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. It is situated southwest of the mountains Pumanuta and Hatunk'uchu, and north of the mountain Hatun Sallika.

The lake named Quchak'uchu lies southwest of the mountain in the San Pablo District at 14°06′42″S 70°49′09″W / 14.11167°S 70.81917°W / -14.11167; -70.81917.

References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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