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Huayna Picchu, Peru

Prominence: 313 m, 1027 ft

Elevation: 2693 meters, 8835 feet

True Isolation: 2.27 km, 1.41 mi

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Spelling Variant: Waynapicchu Spelling Variant: Wayna Picchu
Peak Type	Famous Peak, but not High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	13° 9' 19'' S, 72° 32' 44'' W -13.155262, -72.545458 (Dec Deg) 766081 E 8544397 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	Peru
State/Province	Cuzco
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Huayna Picchu": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Huayna Picchu at SummitPost.org Weather for Huayna Picchu at Mountain-Forecast.com Lists that contain Huayna Picchu: Famous Peaks that are not High Points (Rank #7)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 228 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 208) Selected Trip Reports: 1988-05-21 by Ben Lostracco 1993-11-09 by Oliver Staley 1999-09-13 by Winnette Butler 1999-11-15 by Jamie Sav 2002-08-16 by Pablo Delvalle 2005-06-22 by Brian Webb 2005-07-02 by John Anholm 2008-07-12 by MB Hansen 2010-07-02 by Jamie Bretz 2011-03-09 by Matthias Ihl 2011-07-05 by Nick Knowles 2013-06-02 by David Edgar 2014-05-12 by Sharon Kirk 2014-05-18 by Sandy Vandeputte 2016-01-13 by Sean Caulfield (GPS Track) 2016-03-20 by Stephanie Ouellette 2016-08-21 by Cynthia Chan 2016-09-12 by Rob Hiemstra 2017-05-10 by Kent McFeely 2022-04-22 by Pearl Zhu
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Huayna Picchu is one of the most photographed mountain in the Andes, looming over the world-famous ruins of the city of Maccu Picchu in Peru. A steep trail climbs this peak from the city, and the top has incredible views down to the gorge of the Urubamba River, 600 m/2000 ft below on three sides.

The pointed form of Huayna Picchu looms over the world-famous view of Maccu Picchu in Peru (2008-03-29). Photo by Paul Mines. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 313 m/1027 ft Optimistic Prominence: 323 m/1059 ft Key Col: 2380 m/7808 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.27 km/1.41 mi Isolation Limit Point: -13.1708, -72.5433 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Cerro Machu Picchu (SSE)
Ranges	Continent: South America Range2: Andes Range3: Peruvian Andes Range4: Cordillera Oriental (Peru) Range5: Cordillera Vilcabamba
Drainage Basins	Amazon Atlantic-Brazil/Uruguay Atlantic Ocean
Data Source	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data
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Summit view, looking down on Machu Picchu archaeological site (2003-05-23). Photo by Dan Moore.
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