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Tawqa

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Elevation
  
4,040 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Tawqa

Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region, Calca Province, Paucartambo Province

Tawqa (Quechua for heap, pile, hispanicized spelling Tauca) is a 4,039.8 metres (13,254 ft) high mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Paucartambo Province, Caicay District, northeast of Waypun. The Willkanuta River flows around its southern and western slopes. In the east the mountain is bordered by the Wank'amayu (Quechua for "stone river", Huancamayo). It is a right tributary of the Willkanuta River. The confluence is south of the mountain.

Map of Tawqa, Peru

References

Tawqa Wikipedia