Huascacocha
Huascacocha is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Carhuacayan District. It is situated at a height of approximately 4,484 m, about 5.10 km long and 0.95 km at its widest point.Huascacocha
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Peru
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pasco Department, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.09688° or 11° 5′ 49″ south
Longitude
-76.41368° or 76° 24′ 49″ west
Elevation
4,476 metres (14,685 feet)
Open location code
57W5WH3P+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Huascacocha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Huascacocha (lanaw sa Pasco, lat -11,09, long -76,41)”
- Cebuano: “Laguna Huascacocha”
- Chinese: “瓦斯卡科查湖”
- Persian: “سد هواسکاچوکا”
- Quechua: “Waskhaqucha”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Huascacocha”
- Spanish: “Laguna Huascacocha”
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