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Tintaya (Arequipa)

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Elevation
  
5,230 m

Mountain range
  
Andes

Tintaya (Arequipa)

Location
  
Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Huanzo mountain range

Tintaya (Quechua for the cocoon which contains the chrysalis of the moth) is a 5,230-metre-high (17,159 ft) mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. Tintaya lies west of Yuraq Punta.

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Tintaya (Arequipa) Wikipedia