Pisququcha

Pisququcha
Location Lima Region
Coordinates 12°10′30″S 75°58′10″W / 12.17500°S 75.96944°W / -12.17500; -75.96944Coordinates: 12°10′30″S 75°58′10″W / 12.17500°S 75.96944°W / -12.17500; -75.96944
Basin countries Peru
Surface elevation 4,484 metres (14,711 ft)

Pisququcha (Quechua pisqu bird, qucha lake, lagoon,[1] "bird lake", hispanicized spelling Piscococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.[2] Pisququcha is situated at a height of about 4,484 metres (14,711 ft), south of the lakes Pawqarqucha and Ch'uspiqucha and northeast of the lake Tikllaqucha.

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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) showing the location of the village Pisququcha (Piscococha) at the lake Pisququcha (unnamed), between the lakes Pawqarqucha (Paucarcocha) and Tikllaqucha (Ticllacocha)


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