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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huamachuco.
Huamachuco
Town
Photo: David Almeida, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huamachuco is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. Lake Sausacocha lies to the northeast. Huamachuco is situated 7 km west of Lake Sausacocha.
Lake Sausacocha
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Peru
- Category: lake
- 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=water
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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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