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Montecocha

Coordinates: 10°29′06″S 76°53′48″W / 10.48500°S 76.89667°W / -10.48500; -76.89667
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Montecocha
Montecocha is located in Peru
Montecocha
Montecocha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates10°29′06″S 76°53′48″W / 10.48500°S 76.89667°W / -10.48500; -76.89667
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Huayhuash

Montecocha (possibly from local Quechua munti tree; forest, Quechua qucha lake,[2][3][4] "tree lake" or "forest lake") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District. Montecocha lies south of the Huayhuash mountain range, southwest of Millpo and east of a mountain named Shahuanacocha.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  2. ^ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
  3. ^ Rimaycuna, Quechua de Huánuco, Diccionario del quechua del Huallaga con índices castellano e inglés, Serie Lingüistica Peruana No. 48
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.