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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 ===