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Muruqucha (Marcapomacocha)

Coordinates: 11°18′08″S 76°18′57″W / 11.30222°S 76.31583°W / -11.30222; -76.31583
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Muruqucha
Muruqucha is located in Peru
Muruqucha
Muruqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,600 m (15,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°18′08″S 76°18′57″W / 11.30222°S 76.31583°W / -11.30222; -76.31583
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District
Parent rangeAndes

Muruqucha (Quechua muru blunt; mutilated; stained; pip, grain; smallpox, qucha lake,[2] hispanicized spelling Morococha) is a mountain at a small lake of that name in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,600 metres (15,092 ft). It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District.[1]

The lake named Muruqucha lies on the southeastern slope of the mountain[1] at 11°18′34″S 76°18′48″W / 11.30944°S 76.31333°W / -11.30944; -76.31333. Yanaqucha ("black lake")[2] is the name of the larger lake southwest of Muruqucha.

References

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  1. ^ a b c escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
  2. ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.