Sayt'uqucha (Lampa)

Sayt'uqucha or Sayt'u Qucha (Quechua suyt'u, sayt'u rectangular, qucha lake, lagoon,[1] "rectangular lake", hispanicized spellings Saitococha, Saytococha) is a lake in Peru located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Paratía District.

[2] It is situated at a height of about 4,556 metres (14,948 ft), about 3.13 km long and 0.42 km at its widest point.

Sayt'uqucha lies between the mountain Yanawara in the northwest and a group of three lakes called Kimsaqucha (Quechua for "three lakes", hispanicized Quimsaccocha) in the southeast.

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