page_title: Llanganuco Lakes
section_title: Chinancocha
hierarchical_section_title: Llanganuco Lakes / Chinancocha
caption_attribution_description: Español: Quebrada de Llanganuco en 2012
context_page_description: The Llanganuco Lakes, Chinancocha and Orconcocha, are situated in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. They are located in Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Yungay District, about 25 km north-east of Yungay. The lakes are part of Huascarán National Park.
context_section_description: Lake Chinancocha, (possibly from Quechua china female, -n a suffix, qucha lake, "female lake") lies at an altitude of 3,850 metres (12,631 ft). It is situated southwest of Lake Orconcocha.
caption: The Llanganuco lakes as seen from a mountaintop east of the lakes. The lake further west is Chinancocha.
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