Ñat'iqucha

Ñat'iqucha
Ñat'iqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,610 m (15,120 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°35′35″S 75°57′39″W / 10.59306°S 75.96083°W / -10.59306; -75.96083Coordinates: 10°35′35″S 75°57′39″W / 10.59306°S 75.96083°W / -10.59306; -75.96083
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Ñat'iqucha (Quechua ñat'i, nati sickness; bowels; the most hidden, qucha lake,[2] Hispanicized spelling Naticocha) is a 4,610-metre-high (15,125 ft) mountain at a little lake of that name in the Andes of Peru. The mountain and the lake are located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Huachón District, southwest of the mountain and lake named Yanaqucha.[1][3]

The lake named Ñat'iqucha lies at the western slope of the peak at 10°34′50″S 75°57′48″W / 10.58056°S 75.96333°W / -10.58056; -75.96333.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Ñausacocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)


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