Lake Palcacocha
…at an elevation of 4,566 m, just below the summits of Palcaraju (6,274 m) and Pucaranra (6,156 m). The lake is one of several lakes supplying the town Huaraz with water, 23 km to the southwest. On the early morning of 13 December 1941 a huge chunk of the adjacent glacier or a large avalanche fell into Lake…