Chinchay-cocha, a lake of Peru, in the department of Junin, 13,330 feet above the sea, is 36 miles long and 7 broad, with an area of about 300 sq. m. It is the source of the river Jauga, and abounds in fish and wild-fowl.
Chinchay-cocha
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 196–197
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