Rúrec, also spelled Rurec, (possibly from Quechua ruri interior; valley or little river, Ref Laime Rubén Alejandro Mejía Méndez, Toponimia del Distrito de Yaután, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, 2007 -q a suffix) is a 5700 meters mountain in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru.