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Qucha Qucha

Coordinates: 17°38′15″S 65°23′56″W / 17.63750°S 65.39889°W / -17.63750; -65.39889
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Qucha Qucha
Qucha Qucha is located in Bolivia
Qucha Qucha
Qucha Qucha
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,360 m (11,020 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°38′15″S 65°23′56″W / 17.63750°S 65.39889°W / -17.63750; -65.39889
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Qucha Qucha (Quechua qucha lake,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a complex of something, "a complex of lakes", also spelled Khocha Khocha) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,360 m (11,020 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality. Qucha Qucha lies southeast of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Inkallaqta, north of the village of Pocona. The next peak to the northwest is Qutani (Aymara for "the one with a lake (or lakes)").[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Mizque 3835
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Pocona". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.