Wask'aqucha (Lima)
Huascacocha or Wask'aqucha (Quechua wask'a rectangle / long, qucha lake, "rectangle lake" or "long lake", Hispanicized spelling Huascacocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Ayaviri District, Yauyos quinches District. It is situated at a height of about 4,250 metres (13,944 ft). Huascacocha lies between the mountains Huayna Cotoni and Qutuni in the north and Llongote in the south, southeast of the lake Tikllaqucha.
References
- ^ mapcarta.com "Laguna Huascacocha", retrieved on January 15, 2014
- ^ idiomarunasimi.com.ar Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Pachakallpa Yachay - Ingeniería civil, A list of technical Quechua expressions (Quechua-Spanish)
- ^ Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarollo Social, Perú, Palabras Clave para la Atención en Salud, Quechua
- ^ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
- ^ John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers, p. 105