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Lake Apiñaccocha

Coordinates: 14°38′17.8″S 73°54′16.3″W / 14.638278°S 73.904528°W / -14.638278; -73.904528
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Lake Apiñaccocha
Location of the lake in Peru.
Location of the lake in Peru.
Lake Apiñaccocha
LocationPeru
Ayacucho Region
Coordinates14°38′17.8″S 73°54′16.3″W / 14.638278°S 73.904528°W / -14.638278; -73.904528
Surface elevation4,404 m (14,449 ft)[1]

Lake Apiñaccocha[2] (possibly from Quechua apiña, maswa a flowering, partly eatable plant, qucha lake)[3][4] is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, in the districts of Chipao and Puquio.[5] It is situated at a height of approximately 4,404 metres (14,449 ft). Lake Apiñaccocha lies northeast of the town of Puquio and southeast of the lakes Yaurihuiri and Urqunqucha.[2]

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  1. ^ "Laguna Apinacocha". mapcarta. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Peru 1:100 000, Ondores (23-k). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)