Suyt'uqucha_(Melgar)

Suyt'uqucha (Melgar)

Suyt'uqucha (Melgar)

Lake in Puno, Peru

This article is about the lake in the Melgar Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Suyt'uqucha.

Suyt'uqucha (Quechua suyt'u, sayt'u rectangular, qucha lake, lagoon,[1] "rectangular lake", Hispanicized spelling Suytococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District.[2] It is situated at a height of about 4,530 metres (14,862 ft),[3] about 1.02 km long and 0.32 km at its widest point. Suyt'uqucha lies west of Khunurana and south of the street and rails which go through the La Raya pass.

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  1. [1]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. [2]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  3. [3]
    www.birdlife.org Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (pdf), p. 588


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