Lake Rajucocha Explained

Lake Rajucocha
Pushpin Map:	Peru
Location:	Ancash Peru
Coords:	-8.8636°N -77.7361°W
Length:	1.1km (00.7miles)
Width:	0.58km (00.36miles)
Area:	0.54km2
Elevation:	4700m (15,400feet)

Lake Rajucocha^{[1] [2]} (possibly from Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,^[3] qucha lake) is a lake in Peru located at a height of about 4700m (15,400feet)^[4] in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District.^[5] The lake is 1.1 km long, 0.58 km wide, and has an area of 0.54 km². Lake Rajucocha lies in the Cordillera Blanca, west of Santa Cruz Norte.

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, Corongo (18-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
3. Web site: babylon.com . 2013-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141229085317/http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/ . 2014-12-29 . dead .
4. Book: Inventario de Lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca. Autoridad Nacional del Agua - MINAG - Perú. 2009. 38. Spanish.
5. Web site: UGEL Huaylas - Mapa. ESCALE - Estadística de la Calidad Educativa - Mapas. MINEDU. Spanish. 2016-06-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706035650/http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_huaylas.pdf. 2016-07-06. dead.