Lake Pumacocha (Yauli)

Pumacocha (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, puma, qucha lake,[1]) is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Yauli District.

[2] It is situated at a height of approximately 4,265 m (13,993 ft), about 5.144 km long and 0.95 km at its widest point.

Pumacocha lies northwest of a lake named Huallacocha (possibly from in Quechua Wallaqucha) and southwest of the town of Yauli.

It is 410 m (1,350 ft) long and 24 m (26 yd) high.

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