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Lake Sahuaccocha

Coordinates: 14°34′46.1″S 73°54′4.7″W / 14.579472°S 73.901306°W / -14.579472; -73.901306
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Sawaqucha
LocationPeru
Ayacucho Region
Coordinates14°34′46.1″S 73°54′4.7″W / 14.579472°S 73.901306°W / -14.579472; -73.901306
Surface elevation4,386 m (14,390 ft)[1]

Sawaqucha (Quechua sawa matrimony, qucha lake,[2][3] "matrimony lake", hispanicized spelling Sahuaccocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Chipao District. It is situated at a height of about 4,386 metres (14,390 ft). Sawaqucha lies northeast of the lakes named Yawriwiri, Urqunqucha and Kunturqucha, northwest of Tipiqucha, Pukaqucha, another lake named Urqunqucha (slightly smaller than the lake mentioned before) and Islaqucha, and north of Apiñaqucha.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Laguna Sahuacocha". mapcarta. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)