Lake Rajucocha

Lake Rajucocha
Location Ancash
Peru
Coordinates 8°51′49″S 77°44′10″W / 8.86361°S 77.73611°W / -8.86361; -77.73611Coordinates: 8°51′49″S 77°44′10″W / 8.86361°S 77.73611°W / -8.86361; -77.73611
Max. length 1.10 km (0.68 mi)
Max. width 0.58 km (0.36 mi)
Surface area 0.540 km2 (0.208 sq mi)
Surface elevation 4,700 m (15,400 ft)

Lake Rajucocha[1][2] (possibly from Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3] qucha lake) is a lake in Peru located at a height of about 4,700 metres (15,420 ft)[4] in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District.[5] The lake is 1.1 km long, 0.58 km wide, and has an area of 0.54 km2.[4] Lake Rajucocha lies in the Cordillera Blanca, west of Santa Cruz Norte.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-928777-57-2.
  2. 1 2 Peru 1:100 000, Corongo (18-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  3. ↑ babylon.com
  4. 1 2 Inventario de Lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca (in Spanish). Autoridad Nacional del Agua - MINAG - Perú. 2009. p. 38.
  5. ↑ "UGEL Huaylas - Mapa" (PDF). ESCALE - Estadística de la Calidad Educativa - Mapas (in Spanish). MINEDU. Retrieved 2016-06-04.


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