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Lake Ichiccocha

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Lake type
  
landslide lake

Primary outflows
  
Santa Cruz Creek

Inflow source
  
Santa Cruz Creek

Primary inflows
  
Santa Cruz Creek

Outflow location
  
Santa Cruz Creek

Lake Ichiccocha (possibly from Ancash Quechua ichik small, little, few, Quechua qucha lake, "little lake") or Lake Chica is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District. It lies within Santa Cruz Creek, between the mountains Pomabamba to the north and Caraz to the south, southwest of the larger lake Jatuncocha.

Map of Ichiccocha, Peru

Santa Cruz Creek (a right tributary of the Santa River) flows through the lake.

References

Lake Ichiccocha Wikipedia