Lake Ancapuachanan

Lake Ancapuachanan
Location Junín Region
Coordinates 11°53′48″S 75°4′14″W / 11.89667°S 75.07056°W / -11.89667; -75.07056Coordinates: 11°53′48″S 75°4′14″W / 11.89667°S 75.07056°W / -11.89667; -75.07056[1]
Basin countries Peru

Lake Ancapuachanan (possibly from Quechua anka black-chested buzzard-eagle or eagle, wacha birth, to give birth[2][3] -p, -na, -n suffixes) is a small lake in the Huaytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, El Tambo District.[4] Lake Ancapuachanan is situated north of the lake named Chuspicocha and southwest of Mount Chuspi.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lagunas". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region) showing the lake (unnamed) south-west of the mountain Ch'uspi (Chuspi)


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