Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city, high in the Andes of Peru. At 2,430 metres above sea level, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is often referred to as “The Lost City of the Incas”, is one of the most familiar symbols of the Incan Empire, and is one of the most famous and spectacular sets of ruins in the world.Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: pedrosz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Huayna Picchu
Photo: Mblument, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huayna Picchu, Quechua: Wayna Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends.
Inka Bridge
The Inca Bridge or Inka Bridge refers to one of two places related to access to Machu Picchu, in Peru.Intihuatana
Intihuatana is a ritual stone in South America associated with the astronomic clock or calendar of the Inca.Localities in the Area
Aguas Calientes
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aguas Calientes is a small town at the bottom of the valley next to Machu Picchu, and the principal access point to the site.
Machu Picchu
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, tourism and historic site
- Location: Machupicchu District, Urubamba Province, Department of Cuzco, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-13.1631° or 13° 9' 47" southLongitude
-72.5456° or 72° 32' 44" westElevation
2,155 metres (7,070 feet)Inception
~1450Open Location Code
57R9RFP3+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 157376572OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3935634Wikidata ID
Q676203Machu Picchu Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Machu Picchu
- Albanian: Maçu Piçu
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- Arabic: Machu Picchu
- Arabic: ماتشو بيتشو
- Arabic: مدينة الشمس المقدسة
- Armenian: Մաչու Պիկչու
- Asturian: Machu Picchu
- Aymara: Machu Pijchu
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- Azerbaijani: Maçu-Pikçu
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- Balinese: Macchu Picchu
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- English: توكل
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- Malayalam: മാച്ചു പിക് ച്ചു
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- Maltese: Machu Picchu
- Manipuri: ꯃꯆꯨ ꯄꯤꯆꯨ
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- Min Nan Chinese: Machu Picchu
- Mingrelian: მაჩუ-პიქჩუ
- Mongolian: Мачу Пикчу
- Mongolian: ꯃꯆꯨ ꯄꯤꯆꯨ
- Nepali: माचू पिचू
- Norwegian: Machu Picchu
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- Occitan (post 1500): Machu Picchu
- Ossetian: Мачу-Пикчу
- Panjabi: ਮਾਚੂ ਪਿਕਚੂ
- Persian: ماچو پیچو
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- Spanish: Machu Pichu
- Spanish: Ruinas Machupichu
- Spanish: Ruinas de Machu Picchu
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- Tagalog: Machu Picchu
- Tamil: மச்சு பிச்சு
- Tatar: Machu Picchu
- Tatar: Maçu Pikçu
- Telugu: machu pichu
- Telugu: మాచు పిచ్చు
- Thai: มาชูปิกชู
- Tibetan: མ་ཆོ་པེ་ཆོ།
- Tosk Albanian: Machu Picchu
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- Wu Chinese: 马丘比丘
- Yakut: Мачу-Пикчу
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Other Places Named Machu Picchu
In the Area
- ColpaniHamlet, 5 km northwest
- Santa TeresaVillage, 6 km northwest
- HuadquiñaVillage, 7 km northwest
- SurirayVillage, 7 km west
- PaltaychayocVillage, 9 km southwest
- LucmabambaHamlet, 9 km southwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Machu Picchu. Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.