Taypi Kunka (

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''taypi'' center, middle, kunka throat, throat, gullet, neck, "central throat", Hispanicized spelling ''Taypicunca'') is a mountain in the

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, about high. It is located in the

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. Taypi Kunka lies at a lake named Wiluyuq Qucha, northwest of Apachita and northeast of Pinkilluni Urqu.

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