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 ** was location for two seasons of "Game of Thrones" series
 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"]]
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