{{Short description|Lake in Peru}} {{About||the mountain in the Lima Region and the Pasco Region, Peru|Yana Mach'ay}} {{Infobox lake | name = Huaroncocha | image = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = | coords = {{coord|11|02|57|S|76|27|06|W|region:PE_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | lake_type = | inflow = | outflow = |pushpin_map=Peru | catchment = | basin_countries = Peru <br> [[Pasco Region]] | length = {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|2.61|km|abbr=on}} | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|4587|m|ft|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = }} '''Huaroncocha''' (possibly from [[Quechua language|Quechua]] ''waru'' basket or platform of a rope bridge to cross rivers / stony ground or place, precious stones, heaping, stone heap, ''-n'' a [[suffix]], ''qucha'' lake,<ref>{{Ref Laime}}</ref><ref>{{Ref Simi}}</ref>) is a lake in [[Peru]] located in the [[Pasco Region]], [[Pasco Province]], [[Huayllay District]].<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)</ref> It is situated at a height of about {{convert|4587|m|ft|0}}, about 9 km long and 2.61 km at its widest point. Huaroncocha lies north of [[Huascacocha (Carhuacayan)|Huascacocha]].
The western part of the lake is also called Huaroncocha ''Chico'' (Spanish for "small") and the eastern part is named '''Yanamachay''' (possibly from Quechua for "black cave").
==See also== * [[Huayllay National Sanctuary]] *[[List of lakes in Peru]]
==References== {{reflist}} *INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huaroncocha}} [[Category:Lakes of Peru]] [[Category:Lakes of the Department of Pasco]]
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