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Putkaqucha (Concepción)

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Location
  
Peru, Junín Region

Elevation
  
4,800 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Putkaqucha (Concepción)

Putkaqucha (Quechua putka muddy (Jauja Quechua), qucha lake, "muddy lake", hispanicized spelling Putcacocha) is a mountain in Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high, at a lake of that name. The mountain and the lake are located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Andamarca District, northeast of the Waytapallana mountain range. The peak of Putkaqucha is south of Utkhu Warqu.

The lake named Putkaqucha (erroneously also spelled Putcococha) is situated at 11°45′33″S 74°56′44″W.

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Putkaqucha (Concepción) Wikipedia