Tucuhuachana Explained

Tucuhuachana
Elevation M:5000
Range:Andes, Carabaya
Location:Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.0739°N -70.2392°W

Tucuhuachana (possibly from quechua tuku owl, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix, "where the owl is born") is mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5000m (16,000feet) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ituata District. Tucuhuachana lies southwest of Pumajolluni, northeast of Queroni and southeast of Allpajata. The little lake east of it is named Vilajota (possibly from Aymara for "red lake").