Runtococha, Huascarán National Park

#53 among attractions in Huascarán National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Runtococha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of 4,386 metres, 325 m long and 234 m at its widest point. Runtococha lies northeast of the lake Yanacocha and east of the lake Huegroncocha. ()

Length: 1066 ftWidth: 768 ftElevation: 14337 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 9°14'24"S, 77°20'37"W

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Runtococha – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Patarcocha, Lake Pariacocha, Yanacocha, Perlilla.

2.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake
Patarcocha, Chacas
57 min walk • Patarcocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of 3,900 metres, 259 m long and 147 m at its widest point. Patarcocha lies northwest of the lakes Yanacocha, Huegroncocha and Runtococha.
5.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Pariacocha
133 min walk • Lake Pariacocha is a lake in the eastern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District.
2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Yanacocha, Huascarán National Park
52 min walk • Yanacocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of about 4,250 metres, about 470 m long and 161 m at its widest point.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Perlilla, Huascarán National Park
122 min walk • Perlilla is a mountain of 5587 m in the Cordillera Blanca range, a part of the Peruvian Andes. It lies within the provinces of Asunción, Carhuaz and Huari. Its eastern summit is located in the Huari Province. The peak was climbed for the first time on July 14, 1966 by M. Ishinabe, A. Kurihara, A. Miyahara, S. Ooe and T. Suzuki.
3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Copap, Huascarán National Park
79 min walk • Copap is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 5,570 metres or 5,579 metres above sea level depending on the source.
3.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lauricocha, Huascarán National Park
86 min walk • Lauricocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. Lauricocha lies south-west of the lake Yanacocha, south of Paqarisha Lake and north-east of the mountain Pomabamba.
~1680 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Huegroncocha, Huascarán National Park
9 min walk • Huegroncocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of 4,250 metres, 393 m long and 120 m at its widest point. Huegroncocha lies north of the lake Yanacocha and west of the lake Runtococha.
5.5 miN
Church
Santuario de Mama Ashu
141 min walk • The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption of Chacas, popularly called Sanctuary of Mama Ashu, is a Peruvian temple of the Catholic Church located in the Ancashian town of Chacas.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tarushcancha, Huascarán National Park
110 min walk • Tarushcancha or Chaqchipuncu is a 5,345-metre-high mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District.
4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pomabamba Mountain, Huascarán National Park
105 min walk • Pomabamba, Rataquenua or Portachuelo is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, of 5,336 metres high. It is located between Asunción and Carhuaz provinces, in the region of Ancash.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tarush Huachanan, Huascarán National Park
124 min walk • Tarush Huachanan is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, 5,205 m high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, and in the Huari Province, Huari District.