Lake Auquiscocha
Lake Auquiscocha or Auquishcocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District.Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Áncash, Peru
- Also known as: “Auquiscocha” and “Laguna Auquishcocha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chequiacocha and Chequiaraju.
Chequiacocha
Lake
Chequiacocha is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District. Chequiacocha is situated at the very end of the Auquiscocha ravine, between the mountain Chequiaraju in the northwest and the Hualcán in the southeast, south of Huallcacocha and northeast of Auquiscocha.
Chequiaraju
Peak
Chequiaraju, Chequiarajo, or Checquiacraju is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,286 metres high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District.
Wallqaqucha
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wallqaqucha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at a height of 4,355 m comprising an area of 0.163066 km2. It is located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District, northwest of Wallqan.
Lake Auquiscocha
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.19354° or 9° 11′ 37″ southLongitude
-77.55732° or 77° 33′ 26″ westElevation
4,310 metres (14,140 feet)Open location code
6724RC4V+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 30357116OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6380571Wikidata ID
Q15195321
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Auquiscocha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Lake Auquiscocha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Auquishcocha”
- Chinese: “奧基斯科查湖”
- Spanish: “Auquiscocha”
- Spanish: “Laguna Auquiscocha”
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