Runkuraqay or Runku Raqay (

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, ''raqay'' shed / derelict house / ruin)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

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 ...

, Urubamba Province,

Machupicchu District Machupicchu (from Quechua Machu Pikchu, "old peak") is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. The village of Machupicchu is the seat or capital of the district. Geography The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traver ...

. It is situated southeast of the archaeological site

Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at . Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the ...

and south of the

Vilcanota river The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''Willkamayu'', for "sacred river") is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara ''Willkanuta'', for "house of the sun"). Within the La Convención ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region) showing the location of the mountain Runkuraqay The ruins lie on the southern slope of the mountain Runkuraqay near the Runkuraqay pass, northeast of the archaeological site Sayacmarca and southeast of the site

Qunchamarka Qunchamarka (Quechua language, Quechua, Hispanicized spelling ''Conchamarca, Conchamarka, Qonchamarca'', regionally also spelled 'Qonchamarka') is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District ...

Hiram Bingham III Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. In 1911, he publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu which he rediscovered with the guidance of local indigenous farm ...

visited the site in April 1915. Paul Fejos visited in 1940.

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File:Wayllabamba Puesto de Vigilancia sign.jpg, Location of Runkuraqay as shown on a sign near Willkaraqay File:Camino-inca-dia2-c09.jpg, At the Runkuraqay pass

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{{Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in the Department of Cusco Inca Mountain passes of Peru

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