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** was location for two seasons of "Game of Thrones" series | ** was location for two seasons of "Game of Thrones" series | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkjufell | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkjufell | ||
* Vinicunca, Peru | |||
* located in southern Peru, two hours from Cusco | |||
* 17,100 ft, not the highest mountain in the region | |||
* notable for its multi-colored soil content | |||
** its 7 colored strips consist variously of red and white clay, quartzose, sandstone, calcium carbonate and iron ore, among others | |||
* it was covered by an ice cap until the 1990s | |||
* as the ice melted, its unique, colored stripes were revealed | |||
[[File:Rainbow Mountain Peru.jpg|thumb|The Colored stripes of Mt. Vinicunca, Peru, known in English as the "Rainbow Mountain"]] | |||
=== Volcanos === | === Volcanos === | ||