Lake Sausacocha
Lake Sausacocha is a lake in Peru, 10 kilometres to the northeast of Huamachuco in Huamachuco District, Sánchez Carrión Province. Literal meaning of Sausacocha is "lagoon that never dries." Overgrazed hillsides surround the lake and there are also Inca ruins nearby.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huamachuco.
Huamachuco
Town
Huamachuco is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province of Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. Lake Sausacocha lies to the northeast.
Lake Sausacocha
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Peru
- Category: body of water
- Location: La Libertad, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-7.79531° or 7° 47′ 43″ south
Longitude
-77.98894° or 77° 59′ 20″ west
Elevation
3,160 metres (10,367 feet)
Open location code
67446236+VC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Sausacocha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Sausacocha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Sausacocha”
- Chinese: “紹薩科查湖”
- Quechua: “Sausacocha”
- Quechua: “Sawsaqucha”
- Spanish: “Laguna Sausacocha”
- Welsh: “Llyn Sausacocha”
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