Elevation of Machupicchu, Cusco, Peru

Machupicchu, Cusco, Peru is 2,721 m (8,927 ft) above sea level.

Machupicchu's height from sea level is 2,721 metres, or 8,927 feet. Wikidata records 2,040 m.

Ground within 5 km

1,877 m – 4,070 m

Mean 2,996 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 2,193 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

60th of 68

among the towns of Cusco, and 447th of 929 in Peru.

Nearest town

Santa Teresa

11.5 km to the W, at 2,236 m, 485 m lower.

Cross-section through Machupicchu

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Machupicchu; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 3,293 m at 14 km west to 3,993 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 1,677 m at 14 km north to 3,877 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 60 km around Machupicchu, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Machupicchu

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Santa Teresa	11.5 km	W	2,236 m (7,336 ft)	−485 m
Huayopata	14 km	N	1,707 m (5,600 ft)	−1,014 m
Ollantaytambo	32 km	SE	2,847 m (9,341 ft)	+126 m
Santa Ana	35.3 km	NW	1,658 m (5,440 ft)	−1,063 m
Echarate	35.5 km	N	2,007 m (6,585 ft)	−714 m

Peaks and passes near Machupicchu

Nevado Salcantay, peak at 6,271 m (20,574 ft), 23.1 km to the S — 3,550 m above the town.
Nevado Verónica, peak at 5,682 m (18,642 ft), 22.2 km to the E — 2,961 m above the town.
Nevado Huayanay, peak at 5,464 m (17,927 ft), 23 km to the SE — 2,743 m above the town.

Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.

Where Machupicchu is

Latitude -13.12572, longitude -72.527153. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Machupicchu's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.