Ch'uspiqucha_(Huánuco)

Chuspiccocha (Huánuco)

Chuspiccocha (Huánuco)

Mountain in Peru

This article is about the mountain at a lake of that name in the Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Ch'uspiqucha.

Chuspiccocha[1][2] (Quechua ch'uspi insect, generic name of flies or two-winged insects; fly, qucha lake, lagoon,[3] "fly lake" or "insect lake") is a mountain at a lake of that name in the Raura mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft).[1] It is located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Cauri District.[2]

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Lake Chuspi lies southwest of the mountain at 10°24′16″S 76°44′46″W.[1][2] It is situated at the foot of Chira (4,777 metres (15,673 ft)) at a height of 4,156 metres (13,635 ft).[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. [2]
    "Mapa UGEL Lauricocha" (PDF). Mapas DRE y UGEL. ESCALE - Ministerio de Educación - Perú. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  3. [3]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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