Runku Tawqa

Runku Tawqa

The glaciated Rit'ipampa area (center) and Runku Tawqa shown in the upper left part of this image (NASA, 2010)
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°50′33″S 70°51′46″W / 13.84250°S 70.86278°W / -13.84250; -70.86278Coordinates: 13°50′33″S 70°51′46″W / 13.84250°S 70.86278°W / -13.84250; -70.86278 [2]
Geography
Runku Tawqa

Peru

Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Runku Tawqa (Quechua runku basket, tawqa pile, heap,[3][4] "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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Runcu Tauja". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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