Queuñacocha (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 ...
''qiwña, qiwuña'' ''
polylepis
''Polylepis'' is a genus comprising 28 recognised shrub and tree species, that are endemic to the mid- and high-elevation regions of the tropical Andes, up to above sea level. It is distributed from Venezuela to Patagonia. In Peru, plants in the ...
'', ''qucha'' lake) or Hatun Queuñacocha
[Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos – ECOAN, Queuña Nº 2, 1 de Julio de 2019 (see map)] is a small lake in the
Urubamba mountain range of 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 ...
,
Lares District,
Calca Province, Peru. The lake lies north of
Chicón,
Sirihuani
Sirihuani or Sirijuani is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, in the districts of Calca and Lares. It is situated northwest of Sahuasiray and Canchacanchajasa
...
and
Parorjo and southwest of
Quisuarani, at an altitude of about 4,170 m. It is long, and wide at its widest point. West of it there is another small lake called
Quellacocha
Quellacocha (possibly from Quechua ''killa'' moon, month, ''qucha'' lake, "moon lake") is a small lake in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is situated in the Urubamba mountain range at a height of about 4,170 metres (13,680 ft). Quellacocha ...
.
Queuñacocha lies in the private conservation area 'Hatun Queuña Quishuarani Collana' (possibly from in the
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 ...
spelling ''Hatun Qiwña Kiswarani Qullana'') of the rural community Quishuarani Collana,
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"Laguna de Queuñacocha" founded in 2009 to protect the threatened ''
polylepis pepei'' plant.
Images
File:Peru - Lares Trek 049 - hiking through a "forest" reserve (7586220610).jpg, Sign for the private conservation area of 'Hatun Qiwña Kiswarani Qullana'
See also
*
List of lakes in Peru
The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake.
* Acucocha
* Alcacocha
* Arapa
* Ar ...
References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of the Department of Cusco
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