Kellococha (Cusco)

Kellococha (possibly from Quechua q'illu yellow, qucha lake, lagoon,[1] "yellow lake"), also spelled Kellococha, Kelloccocha, Quellococha, also Qellococha, Qelloqocha, Q'elloqocha, is a lake in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Huaylllabamba District.[2] Kellococha is known for its woods of polylepis [2] which also occur at the neighboring lake named Yanacocha.

This article is about the lake in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Q'illuqucha.
Kellococha
Laguna Chaquicocha
Kellococha is located in Peru
Kellococha
Kellococha
Kellococha is located in South America
Kellococha
Kellococha
LocationPeru
Cusco Region, Urubamba Province
Coordinates13°16′40″S 72°02′59″W

See also

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. mincetur.gob.pe Archived February 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine "Laguna de Quellococha" (in Spanish)


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