Mullucocha (Cusco)

Mullucocha
Mullucocha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°42′07″S 71°09′19″W / 13.70194°S 71.15528°W / -13.70194; -71.15528Coordinates: 13°42′07″S 71°09′19″W / 13.70194°S 71.15528°W / -13.70194; -71.15528 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Mullucocha (possibly from Quechua mullu small perl made of fine clay / marine shell which is offered to the divinities, qucha lake, lagoon)[3] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Mullucocha lies north of the mountain Callangate. There is a group of lakes northeast of Mullucocha, among them Alcacocha ("black-and-white lake"), Pucacocha ("red lake") and Yanacocha ("black lake").[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevado Mullucocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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