Lauricocha (Huánuco)
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| Coordinates | 10 ° 19 ′ S , 76 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Peru | ||
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| province | Lauricocha | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-HUC | ||
| 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.