Ch'uspiqucha (Huarochirí)

Ch'uspiqucha (Quechua ch'uspi insect, generic name of flies or two-winged insects / fly, qucha lake, lagoon,[1] "fly lake" or "insect lake", hispanicized spelling Chuspicocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District.[2] It is situated at a height of about 4,625 metres (15,174 ft), about 1.02 km long and 0.4 km at its widest point. Ch'uspiqucha lies south of the mountain Qullqip'ukru of the Paryaqaqa mountain range and north of the lakes named P'itiqucha, Parya Chaka and Ch'uspi.

Ch'uspiqucha
Ch'uspiqucha is located in Peru
Ch'uspiqucha
Ch'uspiqucha
LocationLima Region
Coordinates11°59′58″S 76°00′55″W / 11.99944°S 76.01528°W / -11.99944; -76.01528
Basin countriesPeru
Max. length1.02 km (0.63 mi)
Max. width0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Surface elevation4,625 m (15,174 ft)

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  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)