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Palcacocha Lake

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Palcacocha Lake
Palcacocha Lake. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Palcacocha (possibly from Quechua pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, qucha lake) is a glacier lake in the Andes mountain range of South America in northwestern Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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