Wiqruqucha (Huaylas)

This article is about the lake in the Huaylas Province, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wiqruqucha (disambiguation).
Wiqruqucha
Location Peru
Ancash Region
Coordinates 8°46′24″S 77°35′55″W / 8.77333°S 77.59861°W / -8.77333; -77.59861Coordinates: 8°46′24″S 77°35′55″W / 8.77333°S 77.59861°W / -8.77333; -77.59861[1]

Wiqruqucha (Quechua wiqru twisted, bent qucha lake,[2] "bent lake", hispanicized spelling Huecrococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District.[3][4] It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca, northeast of Millwaqucha and Pilanku, and north of Pukahirka and a lake named Shuytuqucha.

References

  1. ↑ "Laguna Huecrococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  4. ↑ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area


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