Piscococha Explained

Piscococha
Location:	Lima Region
Coords:	-12.175°N -75.9694°W
Pushpin Map:	Peru
Basin Countries:	Peru
Elevation:	4484m (14,711feet)

Piscococha (possibly from Quechua pisqu bird, qucha lake, lagoon,^[1] "bird lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.^[2] Piscococha is situated at a height of about 4484m (14,711feet), south of the lakes Paucarcocha and Chuspicocha and northeast of the lake Ticllacocha.

See also

• Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
• List of lakes in Peru

Notes and References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) showing the location of the village Pisququcha (Piscococha) at the lake Pisququcha (unnamed), between the lakes Paucarcocha and Ticllacocha.