Piscococha
lake in Moquegua, Peru
Piscococha (possibly from Quechua pisqu bird, qucha lake, lagoon, "bird lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. Piscococha is situated at a height of about 4,484 metres (14,711 ft), south of the lakes Paucarcocha and Chuspicocha and northeast of the lake Ticllacocha.
“Piscococha” enters the record as lake in Moquegua, Peru. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Piscococha, lake and Moquegua can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Piscococha” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Piscococha, lake and Moquegua provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15266872. Authority coordinates are -12.163, -75.994. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Piscococha” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.