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The Llanganuco Lakes (''Llankanuku'' in
Map of the area showing "Chinancocha" and "Orgoncocha" The lakes are part of
Quechua language
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from ...
), Chinancocha and Orconcocha, are situated in the Cordillera Blanca
The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...
in the Andes
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of Peru
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. They are located in Ancash Region
Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, ...
, Yungay Province, Yungay District
Yungay district is a district in the Province of Yungay in the Ancash region, Peru. It was created by law on October 28, 1904.Yungay PeruYungay Peru retrieved March 7, 2008
Geography
The Cordillera Blanca traverses the province. Waskaran, the ...
, about 25 km north-east of Yungay.pirineos3000.comMap of the area showing "Chinancocha" and "Orgoncocha" The lakes are part of
Huascarán National Park
Huascarán National Park () is a Peruvian national park that comprises most of the mountain range known as Cordillera Blanca (the world's highest tropical mountain range) which is part of the central Andes, in the region of Ancash. The park cov ...
.
Chinancocha
''Lake'' ''Chinancocha'', (possibly fromQuechua
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 ...
''china'' female, ''-n'' a suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can ca ...
, ''qucha'' lake, "female lake") lies at an altitude of . It is situated southwest of Lake Orconcocha.
Orconcocha
''Lake Orconcocha'' (possibly fromQuechua
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 ...
''urqu'' male / mountain, "male lake") lies about 1 km away from Chinancocha at the end of the Llanganuco valley.
1970 Earthquake
An extensive earthquake in 1970 caused an avalanche which created a third smaller lake between the two main lakes.References
External links
* Lakes of Peru Lakes of the Department of Ancash Huascarán National Park {{Ancash-geo-stub