Lake Veluyoc Cocha
Lake Veluyoc Cocha is a lake in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. It lies southwest of the mountain Veluyoc Orjo and west of the mountain Aricoma and Lake Aricoma.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Puno, Peru
- Also known as: “Laguna Veluyoc Cocha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apachita and Taypi Kunka.
Apachita
Peak
Photo: Esly Espinoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Apacheta is a 5,168-metre-high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. Apachita lies west of the peaks of Ariquma, north of Ariquma Lake and northeast of Wiluyuq Qucha and the peak of Wiluyuq Urqu.
Taypi Kunka
Peak
Taypi Kunka is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800-metre high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. Taypi Kunka lies at a lake named Wiluyuq Qucha, northwest of Apachita and northeast of Pinkilluni Urqu.
Lake Aricoma
Lake Aricoma is a lake in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. The lake lies west of the mountains Aricoma and Jalahuana, and east of the lake Veluyoc Cocha.Lake Veluyoc Cocha
- Category: body of water
- Location: Puno, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-14.30627° or 14° 18′ 23″ southLongitude
-69.8257° or 69° 49′ 33″ westElevation
4,656 metres (15,276 feet)Open location code
57QGM5VF+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 26998349OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
3965993Wikidata ID
Q18650974
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Lake Veluyoc Cocha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Veluyoc Cocha”
- Chinese: “韋盧約克科查湖”
- French: “lac Veluyoc Cocha”
- French: “Lac Veluyoc Cocha”
- Quechua: “Wiluyuq qucha”
- Spanish: “Veluyoc Cocha”
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