Chakraqucha (Lima)

Chakraqucha
Chakraqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°08′25″S 76°03′58″W / 12.14028°S 76.06611°W / -12.14028; -76.06611Coordinates: 12°08′25″S 76°03′58″W / 12.14028°S 76.06611°W / -12.14028; -76.06611 
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Chakraqucha (Quechua chakra field, qucha lake,[2] "field lake", hispanicized spelling Chacracocha) is a mountain at a little lake of that name in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District.[1]

The lake named Chakraqucha lies north of the mountain at 12°07′53″S 76°04′10″W / 12.13139°S 76.06944°W / -12.13139; -76.06944.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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