Chocñacota | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 14°42′56″S 69°16′28″W / 14.71556°S 69.27444°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Puno Region |
Parent range | Andes, Apolobamba |
Chocñacota (possibly from Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake [2] "green lake") is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru and the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain and the lake are situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, near the Bolivian border. [1] They lie southwest and northwest of the mountains Ichocollo and Palomani.
The lake lies northwest of the mountain at 14°41′59″S 69°16′52″W / 14.69972°S 69.28111°W.
Chocñacota is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the lake. It flows to the west. [1]
Chocñacota | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 14°42′56″S 69°16′28″W / 14.71556°S 69.27444°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Puno Region |
Parent range | Andes, Apolobamba |
Chocñacota (possibly from Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake [2] "green lake") is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru and the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain and the lake are situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, near the Bolivian border. [1] They lie southwest and northwest of the mountains Ichocollo and Palomani.
The lake lies northwest of the mountain at 14°41′59″S 69°16′52″W / 14.69972°S 69.28111°W.
Chocñacota is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the lake. It flows to the west. [1]