Lake Huascacocha (Huánuco)

This article is about the lake in the Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Waskhaqucha (disambiguation).

Lake Huascacocha
Lake Huascacocha
Location	Peru Huánuco Region
Coordinates	10°24′16″S 76°47′14″W

Lake Huascacocha[1] (possibly from Quechua waskha or waska: rope; or wask'a: rectangle, long; and qucha: lake)[2][3][4] or Lake Huacacocha[5] is a lake in Peru located in Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Jesús District.[1] Lake Huascacocha lies in the north of the Raura mountain range, west of lakes Patarcocha and Chuspi.[1][5]

See also

• Yanajirca

References

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lauricocha Province (Huánuco Region)
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
3. idiomarunasimi.com.ar Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Pachakallpa Yachay - Ingeniería civil, A list of technical Quechua expressions (Quechua-Spanish)
4. Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarollo Social, Perú, Palabras Clave para la Atención en Salud, Quechua
5. Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).