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Wiqruqucha (Huaylas)

Coordinates: 8°46′24″S 77°35′55″W / 8.77333°S 77.59861°W / -8.77333; -77.59861
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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.

References

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  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