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Tanka (Peru)

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Location
  
Peru, Arequipa Region

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
4,783 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Tanka (Peru)

Tanka (Aymara for tanka hat or biretta, Quechua for fork, hispanicized spelling Tanca) is a 4,783 metres (15,692 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District, in the southern extensions of the Wansu mountain range. Tanka lies at the Puma Ranra (or Sunqu P'allqa) valley, south of Allqa Q'awa.

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Tanka (Peru) Wikipedia