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Runku Tawqa

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Elevation
  
5,200 m (17,100 ft)

Parent range
  
Andes, Willkanuta

Runku Tawqa

Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region

Runku Tawqa (Quechua runku basket, tawqa pile, heap, "basket heap", hispanicized spelling Runcu Tauja) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Runku Tawqa lies northwest of the glaciated area of Rit'ipampa (Quechua for "snow plain"), west of Kimsa Chata and north of Millu.

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Runku Tawqa Wikipedia