Chequiacocha
Chequiacocha is located in Peru
Chequiacocha
Chequiacocha
LocationPeru
Ancash Region
Coordinates9°11′05″S 77°32′44″W / 9.18472°S 77.54556°W / -9.18472; -77.54556[1]

Chequiacocha (possibly from Quechua chiqlla green, qucha lake,[2][3] "green lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District.[4] Chequiacocha is situated at the very end of the Auquiscocha ravine, between the mountain Chequiaraju in the northwest and the Hualcán in the southeast, south of Huallcacocha and northeast of Auquiscocha.

References

  1. ↑ ign.gob.pe Archived 2013-08-06 at archive.today IGN, Peru, Lagunas con Nombre: Chequiacocha 09°11'05 S 77°32'44 W, retrieved on August 6, 2013
  2. ↑ Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (pdf) (5-vowel-system): cheqlla - green
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carhuaz Province (Ancash Region)
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