Tarucani

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Tarucani

| photo = Quelccaya_Ice_Cap_on_2010_25_09.jpg

| photo_caption = The glaciated Quelccaya area with Tarucani shown in the upper right part of this image (NASA, 2010)

| elevation_m = 5000

| elevation_ref = escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)

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| location = Peru

| range = Andes, Vilcanota

| map = Peru

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| map_caption = Location within Peru

| label_position = right

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|13|52|46|S|70|45|12|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Tarucani (possibly from Aymara taruja deer,{{Ref Bertonio}} -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the deer") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5000|m|ft|0}} high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District, west of Corani (Qurani). Tarucani lies southeast of the mountain Jachatira east of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain").