Chocñacota (possibly from Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake[2] "green lake") is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru and the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain and the lake are situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, near the Bolivian border.[1] They lie southwest and northwest of the mountains Ichocollo and Palomani.
The lake lies northwest of the mountain at 14°41′59″S 69°16′52″W / 14.69972°S 69.28111°W.
Chocñacota is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the lake. It flows to the west.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
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