Cerro Blanco
Cerro Blanco is a peak in Moche, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad and has an elevation of 62 metres. Cerro Blanco is situated nearby to the neighborhood Santa Rosa, as well as near Sanibel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol.
Huaca de la Luna
Ruins
Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huaca de la Luna is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. Along with the Huaca del Sol, the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche, which is the remains of an ancient Moche capital city called Cerro Blanco, by the volcanic peak of the same name.
Huaca del Sol
Ruins
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The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moche and Trujillo.
Moche
Town
Photo: Spanchrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moche is a Peruvian city, the capital of Moche District in Trujillo Province of La Libertad Region in northern Peru. It is located in the Moche Valley and was the center of development of the ancient Moche or Mochica culture.
Trujillo
Trujillo is a city of 790,000 people in Northwestern Peru, very close to the Pacific Coast. Trujillo was founded in 1534 among 4 Chimu settlements to enable the Spanish to ally with them against the Incas.
Laredo
Town
Photo: Spanchrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laredo is the city capital of Laredo District located 9 km from Trujillo, in La Libertad Region, Peru.
Cerro Blanco
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 62 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Moche, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-8.13702° or 8° 8′ 13″ southLongitude
-78.98421° or 78° 59′ 3″ westElevation
62 metres (203 feet)Open location code
6733V278+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 5888922177OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
3699316
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