{{Short description|Lake in Peru}} {{Infobox lake | name = Lake Allicocha | image = Laguna Allicocha.jpg | caption = Lake Allicocha | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Ancash, Peru | coords = {{coord|9|15|03|S|77|27|33|W|type:waterbody_region:PE|display=inline,title}} | lake_type = | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = | length = {{convert|204|m|ft|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|113|m|ft|abbr=on}} | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|4543|m|ft|abbr=on}} | frozen = | islands = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Peru | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake in Peru. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} '''Lake Allicocha'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000|last=|first=|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-928777-57-2|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i)|last=|first=|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref name="mincetur" /> (possibly from Quechua ''alli'' good, sane, ''qucha'' lake,<ref>Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: '''''alli''''' - ''adj. Bueno, sano.'' '''''qucha''''', ''qhucha, quchacha.'' - ''s. Laguna. Lago pequeño.'' '''''qucha''''', ''qhucha.'' - ''s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión.''</ref> "good lake" or "sane lake") is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District;<ref name=":2">http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_asuncion.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821194135/http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_asuncion.pdf |date=2016-08-21 }} - UGEL map of Asuncion Province</ref> at a height of {{convert|4543|m|ft|0}},<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.ana.gob.pe/media/981568/lagunas.pdf|title=Inventario de lagunas glaciares del Perú|last=|first=|publisher=ANA - Perú|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=18|access-date=2016-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215121058/http://www.ana.gob.pe/media/981568/lagunas.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> 204&nbsp;m long and 113&nbsp;m at its widest point.<ref>Ministerio de Agricultura, Peru, Inventario de lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz 2011</ref> Lake Allicocha lies southwest of Copa.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

The shore of the lake is covered with quenual trees ''(Polylepis sp.)'' and shrubs and herbs like: ichu ''(Jarava ichu)'', shunqu shunqu ''(Stangea erikae)'', botoncillo ''(Werneria dactylophylla)'', lleqllish qora ''(Werneria nubigena)'', warqu ''(Austrocylindropuntia flocossa)'', rima rima ''(Krapfia weberbaueri)'' and taulli macho ''(Lupinus weberbaueri)''.<ref name="mincetur">{{cite web|url=http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=6924|title=Laguna Allicocha|publisher=MINCETUR|accessdate=July 4, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000934/http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=6924|archivedate=2017-09-29}}</ref>

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