Quyllurqucha (
Quechua ''quyllur''
star
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''qucha'' lake, "star lake", hispanicized spelling ''Coillorcocha, Goillorcocha, Qollurcocha'') 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
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, ...
,
Corongo Province,
La Pampa District, and in the
Huaylas Province,
Yuracmarca District. It is situated at a height of about , about 0.75 km long and 0.44 km at its widest point. Quyllurqucha lies in the north of 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 ...
, at the foot of
Champara, northwest of it.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)]
Quyllurqucha ''(Goillorcocha)'' is also the name of a mountain southwest of the lake at . It reaches a height of about . It lies in the Yuraqmarca District, west of Champara.
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References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of the Department of Ancash
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