Chequiacocha
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.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Peru
- Also known as: “Chequiacocha (Ancash)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Auquiscocha and Chequiaraju.
Lake Auquiscocha
Lake
Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Hualcán
Peak
Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hualcán is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,165 metres high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas and Carhuaz districts.
Chequiacocha
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.18536° or 9° 11′ 7″ southLongitude
-77.54562° or 77° 32′ 44″ westElevation
4,407 metres (14,459 feet)Open location code
6724RF73+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 30357218OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6380574Wikidata ID
Q15209784
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Chequiacocha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Chequiacocha”
- Chinese: “切基亞科查湖”
- Spanish: “Chequiacocha”
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