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Huayna Picchu, Peru

Elevation: 2634 meters, 8642 feet

True Isolation: 1.72 km, 1.07 mi

Alternate Name(s)	Waynapicchu; Wayna Picchu
Peak Type	Famous Peak, but not High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	13° 9' 20'' S, 72° 32' 48'' W -13.1555879410774, -72.5467586517334 (Dec Deg) 765939 E 8544362 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) Peaks with Most Individual Summiters-Outside USA (Rank #13) Most Ascended Peaks-Outside USA (Rank #24) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1988-05-21 by Ben Lostracco 1993-10 by Oliver Staley 1999-09-13 by Winnette Butler 1999-11-15 by Queren Spaltz 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 Seán Caulfield (GPS Track) 2016-08-21 by Cynthia Chan 2016-09-12 by Rob Hiemstra 2017-05-10 by Kent McFeely View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (148 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Huayna Picchu Elevation Ladder from Huayna Picchu Prominence Ladder from Huayna Picchu
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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Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 1.72 km/1.07 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 Ocean
Data Source	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data
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