Waskaqucha_(Huasahuasi,_San_Antonio)

Waskhaqucha (Huasahuasi, San Antonio)

Waskhaqucha (Huasahuasi, San Antonio)

Lake in Junín Region, Peru

This article is about the lake near the village San Antonio in the Huasahuasi District, Tarma Province, Junín Region, Peru. For other uses, see Waskhaqucha (disambiguation).

Waskhaqucha (Quechua waskha (also waska) rope, qucha lake,[1] hispanicized spelling Huascacocha) or Wask'aqucha (Quechua wask'a rectangle)[2] is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Tarma Province, Huasahuasi District.[3] It is situated at a height of about 4,138 metres (13,576 ft), about 1.28 km long and 0.31 km at its widest point. Waskhaqucha lies east of the lake Chinchayqucha between the village Yaniq of the San Pedro de Cajas District in the north west and the small place San Antonio in the south-east.

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References

  1. [1]
    Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: waskha, waska - s. Soga. Cuerda gruesa de lana. waskha adj. y s. Horizontal. qucha, qhucha. s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión.
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    idiomarunasimi.com.ar Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Pachakallpa Yachay - Ingeniería civil, A list of technical Quechua expressions (Quechua-Spanish): WASKHA = soga, cable. WASK’A : rectángulo.
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    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tarma Province (Junín Region)


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