Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a dwelling in Antarctica and has about 30 residents. Machu Picchu is situated nearby to Wegger Peak, as well as near the peak Cockscomb Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wegger Peak and Cockscomb Hill.
Wegger Peak
Peak
Wegger Peak is a peak, 305 m, at the west side of the entrance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Le Poing" was given to an elevation hereabout by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot in 1908–10.
Cockscomb Hill
Peak
Cockscomb Hill is a conspicuous hill shaped like a cockscomb, 140 metres high, which rises through the glacier at the head of Mackellar Inlet in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Admiralen Peak
Peak
Admiralen Peak, also variously known as Admiration Peak, Pico Puño, or Cerro Le Poing, is a peak, 1,000 feet high, lying 0.7 miles south-southwest of Crepin Point at the west side of Admiralty Bay on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 4 km east of Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu
- Type: Dwelling
- Also known as: “Machu Picchu Base” and “Machu Picchu Research Station”
- Categories: research, office, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.09142° or 62° 5′ 29″ south
Longitude
-58.4702° or 58° 28′ 13″ west
Population
30
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Inception
January 1989
Operator
Instituto Antàrtico Peruano
Open location code
3893WG5H+CW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office=research
OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Machu Picchu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Machu Picchu” goes by many names.
- French: “Base antarctique Machu Picchu”
- German: “Base Machu Picchu”
- German: “Machu-Picchu-Station”
- Latvian: “Mačupikču”
- Macedonian: “Мачу Пикчу”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Machu Picchu-basen”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Pesquisas Machu Picchu”
- Spanish: “Base Machu Picchu”
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