Ñawsaqucha

Ñawsaqucha
Ñawsaqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,152 m (16,903 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°28′49″S 75°56′33″W / 10.48028°S 75.94250°W / -10.48028; -75.94250Coordinates: 10°28′49″S 75°56′33″W / 10.48028°S 75.94250°W / -10.48028; -75.94250
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes, Waqurunchu

Ñawsaqucha (Quechua ñawsa blind, qucha lake,[2] "blind lake", Hispanicized spelling Ñausacocha) is a 5,152-metre-high (16,903 ft) mountain at a little lake of that name in the Waqurunchu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. The mountain and the lake are located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Ticlacayán District, north of Waqurunchu.[1][3]

The lake named Ñawsaqucha lies at the southwestern slope of the peak at 10°29′19″S 75°57′05″W / 10.48861°S 75.95139°W / -10.48861; -75.95139.[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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