Where is Machu Picchu
About Where is Machu Picchu Located
Explore the map to locate Machu Picchu on world map, it is a fifteenth century Inca citadel situated in the Eastern Cordillera of southern part of Peru on a 7,970 feet (2,430 meter) mountain ridge. It is situated in the District of Machupicchu within the Province of Urubamba above the Sacred Valley, which is located at 50 miles (80 km) north-west of Cusco. The Urubamba River streams past it, cutting over the Cordillera and building a george with a tropical or equatorial mountain climate.