Pacocahua (Puno)

Pacocahua is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5000 m high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Puno Province, Acora District. It lies south of Coline and southeast of Arichua.

Name
Pacocahua or Patocahu possibly derives from Aymara language terms, , or meaning the color light brown,  reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and  meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth,  the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine".