Azulcocha (Cusco)
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Azulcocha (possibly from
Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
''asul'' blue (a borrowing from
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...
''azul''), ''qucha'' lake, "blue lake") is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the
Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It is located in the
Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...
,
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, on the border of the districts of Inkawasi and Vilcabamba. Azulcocha lies northwest of the
Panta Panta (possibly from Quechua for a kind of ''mantilla'') also known as Chachacumayoc (possibly from Quechua ''chachakuma'' a kind of plant, ''-yuq'' a suffix), is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located i ...
group. The Ranq'a Wayq'u ''(Rancahuayco)'' originates northwest of the mountain and its waters flow to the Apurímac River.


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Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Cusco {{Cusco-geo-stub