PhotosLocation


WASKHAQUCHA (HUáNUCO) Latitude and Longitude:

10°24′16″S 76°47′14″W / 10.40444°S 76.78722°W / -10.40444; -76.78722
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Waskhaqucha (Huánuco))
Lake Huascacocha
Lake Huascacocha is located in Peru
Lake Huascacocha
Lake Huascacocha
Location Peru
Huánuco Region
Coordinates 10°24′16″S 76°47′14″W / 10.40444°S 76.78722°W / -10.40444; -76.78722

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

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).