Wallqaqucha
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
- Also known as: “Huallcacocha” and “Lake Huallcacocha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chequiaraju and Chequiacocha.
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.
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.
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.
Wallqaqucha
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.16261° or 9° 9′ 45″ southLongitude
-77.54466° or 77° 32′ 41″ westElevation
4,368 metres (14,331 feet)Open location code
6724RFP4+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 30357502OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6380581Wikidata ID
Q25106474
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Wallqaqucha” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “瓦爾卡科查湖”
- Spanish: “Huallcacocha”
- Spanish: “Laguna Huallcacocha”
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Highlights include Nevado Chajiaco and Chugllaraju.
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