Canchiscocha
Canchiscocha or Janchiscocha, is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Mariscal Luzuriaga Province, Fidel Olivas Escudero District. It is situated between the lake Yanacocha in the north and another lake named Yanacocha in the southwest.- Lake
- Description: body of water
- Also known as“Janchiscocha”“Quanchisqucha”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-8.7909° or 8° 47′ 27″ south
Longitude
-77.3329° or 77° 19′ 59″ west
Open location code
67346M58+MR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Canchiscocha” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “坎奇斯科查湖”
- Quechua: “Qanchisqucha (Pisqupampa)”
- Quechua: “Qanchisqucha”
- Spanish: “Canchiscocha”
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