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Tankan (Peru)

Tankan
Ruq'a Qaqa
Tankan is located in Peru
Tankan
Tankan
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,162 m (16,936 ft) 
Coordinates 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W / -9.87194; -77.06194Coordinates: 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W / -9.87194; -77.06194
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Wallanka

Tankan (Quechua tanka a deep bifurcation, fork, -n a suffix, hispanicized spelling Tancan) or Ruq'a Qaqa (Quechua ruq'a Opuntia floccosa), qaqa rock, hispanicized Rucagaga) is a 5,162 m (16,936 ft) high 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.



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