Runcu Tauja

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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| name = Runcu Tauja

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| photo = Quelccaya_Ice_Cap_on_2010_25_09.jpg

| photo_caption = The glaciated Quelccaya area (center) and Runcu Tauja shown in the upper left part of this image (NASA, 2010)

| elevation_m = 5200

| elevation_ref = escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)

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| range = Andes, Vilcanota

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| location = Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region

| map = Peru

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| map_size = 200

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| coordinates = {{coord|13|50|33|S|70|51|46|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=33289|title=Cerro Runcu Tauja|author= |date= |website= |publisher=IGN, Peru|accessdate=July 14, 2015}}

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Runcu Tauja (possibly from Quechua runku basket, tawqa pile, heap,{{Ref Simi}}{{Ref Laime}} "basket heap") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5200|m|ft|0}} high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Runcu Tauja lies northwest of the glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain"), west of Quimsachata and north of Millo.