Lake Allicocha Explained

Lake Allicocha
Location:	Ancash, Peru
Coords:	-9.2508°N -77.4592°W
Length:	204m (669feet)
Width:	113m (371feet)
Elevation:	4543m (14,905feet)
Pushpin Map:	Peru
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the lake in Peru.

Lake Allicocha^{[1] [2]} (possibly from Quechua alli good, sane, qucha lake,^[3] "good lake" or "sane lake") is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District;^[4] at a height of 4543m (14,905feet),^[5] 204 m long and 113 m at its widest point.^[6] Lake Allicocha lies southwest of Copa.

The shore of the lake is covered with quenual trees (Polylepis sp.) and shrubs and herbs like: ichu (Jarava ichu), shunqu shunqu (Stangea erikae), botoncillo (Werneria dactylophylla), lleqllish qora (Werneria nubigena), warqu (Austrocylindropuntia flocossa), rima rima (Krapfia weberbaueri) and taulli macho (Lupinus weberbaueri).^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. 3-928777-57-2.
2. Book: Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
3. Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: alli - adj. Bueno, sano. qucha, qhucha, quchacha. - s. Laguna. Lago pequeño. qucha, qhucha. - s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión.
4. http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_asuncion.pdf - UGEL map of Asuncion Province
5. Book: Inventario de lagunas glaciares del Perú. ANA - Perú. 2014. 18. 2016-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215121058/http://www.ana.gob.pe/media/981568/lagunas.pdf. 2017-12-15. dead.
6. Ministerio de Agricultura, Peru, Inventario de lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz 2011
7. Web site: Laguna Allicocha. MINCETUR. July 4, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000934/http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=6924. 2017-09-29.