Llanganuco Lakes

The Llanganuco[1][2] Lakes (Llankanuku[3] in Quechua language), Chinancocha and Orconcocha, are situated in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru.

[2][4] The lakes are part of Huascarán National Park.Lake Chinancocha,[5] (possibly from Quechua china female, -n a suffix, qucha lake,[6] "female lake") lies at an altitude of 3,850 metres (12,631 ft).

Lake Orconcocha[5] (possibly from Quechua urqu male / mountain,[7] "male lake") lies about 1 km away from Chinancocha at the end of the Llanganuco valley.

[8] Tragically a group of Czechoslovak professional climbers camping between the two lakes were killed.

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The Llanganuco lakes as seen from a mountaintop east of the lakes. The lake further west is Chinancocha.
Water flowing from Lake Chinancocha.