Huasacocha

Huasacocha (possibly from Quechua wasa the human back or the back of an animal, qucha lake, "back lake") is a mountain at a small lake of the same name in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5400 m high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Cusipata and Ocongate. Huasacocha is situated south-west of the mountain Sorimani and north of the mountain Jatunrritioc. There are two small lakes south-east of the mountain named Quiullacocha ("gull lake") and Surini.

The lake Huasacocha lies south-west of the peak at -13.86139°N, -71.31889°W. The river Pucamayo ("red river") originates at the lake. It flows to the west as a right tributary of the Vilcanota River.