Machucocha (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 ...
''machu'' old, old person, ''qucha'' lake) is a lake in
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 ...
located in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...
,
Castilla Province, in the districts of
Chachas and
Orcopampa.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province (1) (Arequipa Region)] It is situated at a height of about ,
lib.utexas.edu
Map of the area about 6.77 km long and 1.89 km at its widest point. Machucocha lies southeast of Huajrahuire and northwest of Pillune.[
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References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of the Department of Arequipa
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