Taullicocha (Ancash)
Taullicocha or Tawlliqucha (Quechua tawlli a kind of legume (a lupinus species), qucha lake, "tawlli lake", also spelled Taullicocha, Taulliqocha) is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District. It is situated at a height of 4,426 m (14,521 ft) comprising an area of 0.133766 km (133,766 m). Taullicocha lies southeast of Pucajirca and southwest of Taulliraju.
The Santa Cruz (Quechua for "white river") originates near Taullicocha. It is a right tributary of the Santa River.
References
- ^ ign.gob.pe Archived 2013-08-26 at archive.today IGN, Peru, Lagunas con nombre: Taullicocha 08°54'18 S 77°35'12 W
- ^ Ministerio de Agricultura, Autoridad Nacional del Agua, Inventario de Lagunas Glaciares del Perú, Huaraz 2014
- ^ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticabamba, in LETRAS, Órgano de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas , Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 2002: tawlli - Tipo de legumbre, muy parecido al chocho
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
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