🏞️ Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

Peru · Americas · 13.12°S, 72.58°W

Quick facts

Country	Peru
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	13.12°S, 72.58°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	1,460 km south of it
Solar time	UTC-4:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 10:15, sets 22:53 — 12 h 37 min of daylight

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu is located in Peru, in Americas.

Closest protected areas

Qosqoccahuarina, Urubamba — 40 km away
Ampay National Sanctuary — 61 km away
Megantoni National Sanctuary — 103 km away
Manu Learning Centre — 134 km away
Pampa de Ayacucho Historic Sanctuary — 168 km away

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More protected areas in Peru

Airo Pai Communal Reserve · Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve · Alto Mayo Protection Forest · Amarakaeri Communal Reserve · Ampay National Sanctuary · Ancón Reserved Zone · Asháninka Communal Reserve · Aymara Lupaca Reserved Zone · Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve · Bosque de Pómac Historic Sanctuary.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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