Hatun Qaqaqucha

Hatun Qaqaqucha
Location Peru
Ancash Region
Coordinates 9°29′17″S 77°14′51″W / 9.48806°S 77.24750°W / -9.48806; -77.24750Coordinates: 9°29′17″S 77°14′51″W / 9.48806°S 77.24750°W / -9.48806; -77.24750
Max. length 180 m (590 ft)
Max. width 120 m (390 ft)
Surface elevation 4,190 m (13,750 ft)

Hatun Qaqaqucha (Quechua hatun big, qaqa rock, qucha lake,[1][2] "big rock lake", hispanicized spelling Hatun Jacacocha, Hatunjacacocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huari Province,[3] Huantar District.[4] It is situated at a height of 4,190 m (13,750 ft), about 180 m (590 ft) long and 120 m (390 ft) at its widest point.

Close to Hatun Qaqaqucha there is a smaller lake named Ichik Qaqaqucha[5] (Quechua ichik little, "little rock lake", hispanicized Ichic Jacacocha). It is situated in the same valley at 9°29′31″S 77°14′44″W / 9.49194°S 77.24556°W / -9.49194; -77.24556, south-east of Hatun Qaqaqucha. Both lakes are connected by a stream which flows to the Qarwakancha valley (Carhuazcancha) in the north. Ichik Qaqaqucha is situated at a height of 4,280 m (14,040 ft), about 60 m (200 ft) long and 20 m (66 ft) at its widest point.

Both lakes lie in the Huascarán National Park. They are surrounded by qiwuña (Polylepis) and ichhu (Stipa ichu). Plants like kiswar (Buddleja incana), champa estrella (Plantago rigida) and purwa (or qaqapa pisqun) (Lycopodium crassum) grow at Hatun Qaqaqucha and there are trouts in the lake.[3]

At the shore of Ichik Qaqaqucha you find lliqllish qura (Werneria nubigena), ankush (Senecio canescens) and wiqlla (Tillandsia fendleri). This is also a place to watch birds like the plain-tailed warbling finch (Poospiza alticola) and the cinereous conebill (Conirostrum cinereum).[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 1 2 "Laguna Hatunjacacocha". mincetur. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Wari Province (Ancash Region) showing Hatun Qaqaqucha labelled Jacacocha
  5. 1 2 "Laguna Ichic Jacacocha". mincetur. Retrieved May 7, 2014.


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