Lake Allicocha

Lake Allicocha
Lake Allicocha
Lake Allicocha
Location	Ancash, Peru
Coordinates	9°15′03″S 77°27′33″W
Max. length	204 m (669 ft)
Max. width	113 m (371 ft)
Surface elevation	4,543 m (14,905 ft)

Lake Allicocha[1][2][3] (possibly from Quechua alli good, sane, qucha lake,[4] "good lake" or "sane lake") is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District;[5] at a height of 4,543 metres (14,905 ft),[6] 204 m long and 113 m at its widest point.[7] Lake Allicocha lies southwest of Copa.[1][2]

The shore of the lake is covered with quenual trees (Polylepis sp.) and shrubs and herbs like: ichu (Jarava ichu), shunqu shunqu (Stangea erikae), botoncillo (Werneria dactylophylla), lleqllish qora (Werneria nubigena), warqu (Austrocylindropuntia flocossa), rima rima (Krapfia weberbaueri) and taulli macho (Lupinus weberbaueri).[3]

References

1. Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-928777-57-2.
2. Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
3. "Laguna Allicocha". MINCETUR. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
4. Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: alli - adj. Bueno, sano. qucha, qhucha, quchacha. - s. Laguna. Lago pequeño. qucha, qhucha. - s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión.
5. http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_asuncion.pdf Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine - UGEL map of Asuncion Province
6. Inventario de lagunas glaciares del Perú (PDF). ANA - Perú. 2014. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
7. Ministerio de Agricultura, Peru, Inventario de lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz 2011