Liyunqucha

Liyunqucha
Liyunqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,215 m (17,110 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°32′33″S 76°19′56″W / 11.54250°S 76.33222°W / -11.54250; -76.33222Coordinates: 11°32′33″S 76°19′56″W / 11.54250°S 76.33222°W / -11.54250; -76.33222
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Liyunqucha (Quechua liyun lion (a borrowing from Spanish león, here referring to the cougar), qucha lake,[2][3] "cougar's (or lion's) lake", also spelled León Cocha) is a 5,215 metres (17,110 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Carampoma District. Liyunqucha lies northwest of Yana Ulla and southeast of a mountain named Lichiqucha.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipalidad Distrital de Carampoma". municipalidadesperuanas.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Samuel Majerhua Castro, La Escritura Fonémica del Quechua Ayacuchano, FLACSO, Ecuador, Ayacucho 2008
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
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