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Pukaqucha (Ayacucho)

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Pukaqucha (Ayacucho)

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Pukaqucha (Quechua puca red, qucha lake, "red lake", Hispanicized spelling Pucaccocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Puquio District. It is situated at a height of about 4,406 metres (14, 455 ft). Pukaqucha lies southeast of the lakes named Yawriwiri, Urqunqucha, Sawaqucha and Apiñaqucha, south of Islaqucha and west of Tipiqucha.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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