Lauricocha (Huánuco)

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Lauricocha
Lauricocha (Peru)
Lauricocha
Lauricocha
Coordinates 10 ° 19 ′  S , 76 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 10 ° 19 ′  S , 76 ° 40 ′  W
Basic data
Country Peru

region

Huánuco
province Lauricocha
District San Miguel de Cauri
height 3850 m

Lauricocha is a small community in the central Andean highlands of Peru . It is located on the shores of Lake Lauricocha in the Huánuco region . The community consists of half a dozen houses scattered in the sparsely populated area at 3850  m near the village of Antacolpa , around 25 km northwest of Yanahuanca , the capital of the province of Daniel Alcides Carrión .

25 km west of the municipality is the Cerro Yerupajá ( 6634  m ), the highest peak in the Cordillera Huayhuash mountain range and one of the ten highest peaks on the South American continent.