Wiqruqucha (Huaylas)

This article is about the lake in the Huaylas Province, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wiqruqucha (disambiguation).
Wiqruqucha
Wiqruqucha is located in Peru
Wiqruqucha
Wiqruqucha
LocationPeru
Ancash Region
Coordinates8°46′24″S 77°35′55″W / 8.77333°S 77.59861°W / -8.77333; -77.59861[1]

Wiqruqucha (Quechua wiqru twisted, bent qucha lake,[2] "bent lake", hispanicized spelling Huecrococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District.[3][4] It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca, northeast of Millwaqucha and Pilanku, and north of Pukahirka and a lake named Shuytuqucha.

  1. ^ "Laguna Huecrococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  4. ^ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area