Sechin
Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in the Casma Province of the Ancash Region in northern Peru. Dating to 1600 BC, the site was discovered by Peruvian archaeologists Julio C.
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 265 metres
- Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
- Also known as: “Cerro Sechin”, “Cerro Sechín”, and “Sečinas”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’.
Sechin
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Casma District, Casma Province, Ancash, Northern Coast, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.4831° or 9° 28′ 59″ south
Longitude
-78.26° or 78° 15′ 36″ west
Elevation
265 metres (869 feet)
Open location code
6723GP8Q+QX
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Tahitian—“Sechin” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Cerro Sechín”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Sechín”
- Chinese: “謝欽”
- Corsican: “Cerro Sechín”
- Danish: “Cerro Sechín”
- Dutch: “Cerro Sechín”
- Finnish: “Cerro Sechín”
- French: “Cerro Sechín”
- German: “Cerro Sechín”
- Indonesian: “Cerro Sechín”
- Italian: “Cerro Sechín”
- Japanese: “セロ・セチン”
- Lithuanian: “Sero Sečinas”
- Low German: “Cerro Sechín”
- Portuguese: “Cerro Sechín”
- Quechua: “Sechín”
- Romanian: “Cerro Sechín”
- Russian: “Сечин”
- Spanish: “Sechín”
- Swedish: “Cerro Sechín”
- Tahitian: “Cerro Sechín”
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