Runcu Tauja (possibly from
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
''runku'' basket, ''tawqa'' pile, heap,
"basket heap") is a mountain in the
Vilcanota mountain range in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru
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, about high. It is located in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...
,
Canchis Province,
Checacupe District
Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi (Aymara language, Aymara ''ch'iqa'' left, ''kupi'' right, "left right") is one of eight Districts of Peru, districts of the Canchis Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.
Geography
The Willkanuta mountain range, Willkanut ...
, and in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
,
Carabaya Province,
Corani District. Runcu Tauja lies northwest of the glaciated area of
Quelccaya (
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
for "snow plain"), west of Quimsachata and north of
Millo
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.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco
Mountains of the Department of Puno
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