Pawqarqucha

Pawqarqucha
Location Lima Region
Coordinates 12°04′53″S 76°00′00″W / 12.08139°S 76.00000°W / -12.08139; -76.00000Coordinates: 12°04′53″S 76°00′00″W / 12.08139°S 76.00000°W / -12.08139; -76.00000
Basin countries Peru
Max. length 6.5 km (4.0 mi)
Max. width 0.87 km (0.54 mi)
Surface elevation 4,222 m (13,852 ft)

Pawqarqucha (Quechua pawqar multi-coloured, qucha lake, lagoon,[1] "multi-coloured lake", hispanicized spelling Paucarcocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.[2] It is situated at a height of about 4,222 metres (13,852 ft), about 6.5 km long and 0.87 km at its widest point. Pawqarqucha lies south of the Paryaqaqa mountain range, between P'itiqucha in the northwest and Pisququcha and Ch'uspiqucha in the southeast.

The archaeological site of Pirqa Pirqa is situated north of the lake.[3]

See also

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  3. "El "Santuario de Pariacaca"". Cesár W. Astuahuamán Gonzales. Retrieved July 18, 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, September 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.