Kellococha (Cusco)

This article is about the lake in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Q'illuqucha.
Kellococha
Location Peru
Cusco Region, Urubamba Province

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

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References

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


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