SALCANTAY
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Salcantay or Salkantay is the highest peak of the Willkapampa mountain range, part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco Region, about 60 km (40 mi) west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th highest peak in the Andes, and the twelfth highest in Peru.
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However, as a range highpoint in deeply incised terrain, it is the second most topographically prominent peak in the country, after Huascaran.
![Saltrek](https://www.salkantaytrek.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Saltrek.jpg)
The name Salkantay is from sallqa, a Quechua word meaning wild, uncivilized, savage, or invincible, and was recorded as early as 1583. The name is thus often translated as “Savage Mountain”.