Ticllacocha

Ticllacocha
Location Lima Region
Coordinates 12°14′S 76°01′W / 12.233°S 76.017°W / -12.233; -76.017Coordinates: 12°14′S 76°01′W / 12.233°S 76.017°W / -12.233; -76.017
Basin countries Peru
Surface elevation 4,475 metres (14,682 ft)

Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua tiklla two-colored[1] / eyelash, qucha lake, lagoon,[2]) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.[3] It is situated at a height of about 4,475 metres (14,682 ft), south of the lakes Paucarcocha, Chuspicocha and Piscococha and northwest of the mountains Ticlla and Huayna Cotoni.

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References

  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)


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