Tankan (Peru)

Tankan
Ruq'a Qaqa
Tankan is located in Peru
Tankan
Tankan
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,162 m (16,936 ft)[1]
Coordinates9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W / -9.87194; -77.06194[1]
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeWallanka

Tankan (Quechua tanka a deep bifurcation, fork, -n a suffix,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Tancan)[1] or Ruq'a Qaqa (Quechua ruq'a Opuntia floccosa), qaqa rock,[2] Hispanicized Rucagaga)[4] is a 5,162-metre-high (16,936 ft) mountain in the northern part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.[5]

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