List of lakes in Peru
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This an alphabetical list of lakes in Peru.- AcucochaLake AcucochaLake Acucocha is a lake in Peru. It is located in the Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Region, approximately 27 kilometres from Tinyahuarco....
- AlcacochaLake AlcacochaLake Alcacocha is a lake in Pasco Province in the Pasco Region of Peru. It is located 12 km from Cerro de Pasco....
- ArapaLake ArapaLake Arapa is a lake in Juliaca District in San Román Province in the Puno Region of Peru. It is located 40 km from Juliaca....
- AricotaLake AricotaLake Aricota is a lake in the Tacna Province of the Tacna Region of Peru. It is located 25 km from Ilabaya....
- CarpaLake CarpaLake Carpa is a lake in Peru, located northeast of Arahuay in Huanza District, Huarochiri Province, Lima Region....
- Chinan Cocha
- Chioa
- CoclocochaLake Choclococha-External links:*...
- ConocochaLaguna ConocochaLaguna Conococha is a lake in the Andes-Cordillera of South America in north-western Peru.Laguna Conococha is situated in the Ancash Region at an altitude of 4,050 m above sea level and at on the road from Callejón de Huaylas to Chiquián.The lake is seen as the headwaters of Río Santa which from...
- CoyllorcochaLake CoyllorcochaLake Coyllorcocha is a lake in the southeast of the Lima Region, Peru. It is part of the Quillón River basin....
- De Quishuar
- HuacachinaHuacachinaHuacachina is a village in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru. It is located in the Ica Province, near the city of Ica in the Ica District. Huacachina has a population of 115 . The oasis features on the back of the 50 Nuevo Sol note....
- Huangacocha
- Huarmicocha
- Huaroncocha
- Huascacocha
- Huichicocha
- Inuria
- Jucumarini
- JunínLake JunínLake Junín, known as Lago Junín in Spanish and Chinchaycocha in Quechua, is the largest lake entirely within Peru. Even though Lake Titicaca has a much larger area, its eastern half is located on Bolivian territory...
- Langui LayoLake Langui Layo-References:*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26...
- Lagunillas
- LauricochaLake LauricochaLago Lauricocha is a lake in the Andes mountains of central Perú.-Location:Lago Lauricocha at is the northernmost of the lakes fed by the Andean glaciers, 20 km east of mount Yerupajá and 190 km NNE of the Peruvian capital Lima...
- Loriscota
- Marcapomacocha
- Mururca
- Orcococha
- Orcon Cocha
- PalcacochaLaguna PalcacochaLaguna Palcacocha is a glacier lake in the Andes-Cordillera of South America in northwestern Peru.-Location:...
- PacaLake PacaLaguna de Paca also known as Paca Lagoon, is a placid lake in Peru. It is located north of the historic town of Jauja, which was once the capital of Peru, before Lima was built as its new capital. The lake precincts is habitat for rich flora and fauna...
- Pacucha
- Parinacochas
- ParónLake ParónParon lake is the largest lake in the Cordillera Blanca, on the Peruvian Andes, 32 km E from the city of Caraz, at 4185 m asl.It's nested and surrounded by several snow peaks such as Aguja I 5840, Aguja II 5888 m, Aguja III 5775 m, Caraz I 6025 m, Caraz II 6020 m, Caraz III 5720 m, Artesonraju...
- Paucarcocha
- Pelagatos
- PíasLake Pías-References:*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26...
- Pomacanchi
- PomacochaLake Pomacocha-References:*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26...
- Punrun
- Querococha
- Rimachi
- Salinas
- SandovalLake SandovalLake Sandoval is a lake in Peru, close to the city of Puerto Maldonado, part of the Madre de Dios in the Amazon Basin.There is a touristic hike from the river Madre de Dios to the lake. On the way if you're lucky, you might see parrots, macaws and some other species from the rain forest. The lake...
- Sara Cocha
- SausacochaLake SauasacochaLake Sausacocha is a lake in Peru, to the northeast of Huamachuco in Huamachuco District, Sánchez Carrión Province. Literal meaning of Sausacocha is “lagoon that never dries.” Overgrazed hillsides surround the lake and there are also Inca ruins nearby....
- SauceLake SauceLake Sauce is a lake in Peru. Lake Sauce is a lentiscus type body of water of tectonic subsidence, with an area of 430.80 hectars. The town of Sauce is located on the edge of the lake, surrounded by pastures and resorts and Centro Piscícola Sauce of the Ministry of Fisheries....
- Shegue
- Sibinacocha
- Suches
- TiticacaLake TiticacaLake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...
- Tragadero
- UmayoLake UmayoLake Umayo is a lake in the Puno Region of Peru. The shores of the lake house Sillustani burial ground....
- Valencia
- Vilacota
- Vizcacha
- WiñaymarkaWiñaymarkaWiñaymarka Lake is the southern branch of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.- External links :*...
- Yanacocha
- YanahuaniLake YanahuaniLake Yanahuin is situated in the central Peruvian Andes in the Pasco Region at an altitude of ca. 4,900 m.The site made world headlines in 1971 when on March 18 a rock avalanche of 100,000 m³ fell from an outcrop of jointed limestone ca...
See also
- List of lakes
- List of lakes by area
- List of lakes by depth
- List of lakes by volume