Pukaqucha (Puno)

This article is about the lake in the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukaqucha. For the lake in Bolivia, see Laguna Colorada.

Pukaqucha^[1][2] (Quechua puka red, colored, qucha lake,^[3][4] "red lake" or "colored lake", hispanicized spellings Pucacocha, Pucaccocha, also known as Laguna Colorada as translated into Spanish) is a lake in the Puno Region in southern Peru. It is situated in the Lampa Province, Lampa District, east of Lampa.^[5]

Pukaqucha
Lampa and parts of the lake Pukaqucha as seen from the air
Pukaqucha
Location	Peru Puno Region, Lampa Province
Coordinates	15°21′34″S 70°21′2″W