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.Lake Sausacocha
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Peru
- Category: body of water
- Location: La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-7.79531° or 7° 47′ 43″ southLongitude
-77.98894° or 77° 59′ 20″ westElevation
3,160 metres (10,367 feet)Open location code
67446236+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 90857889OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
3743710Wikidata ID
Q6477663
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Satellite Map
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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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