Uaxactun
Uaxactún is a village and ancient Maya city in a remote area of Guatemala's Northern Lowlands, beyond the more famous ruins of Tikal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Davidgermain, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization, in present-day Guatemala
- Also known as: “Sitio Arqueológico Uaxactún” and “Uaxactún”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uaxactun Airport.
Uaxactun Airport
Aerodrome
Uaxactun Airport is an airstrip in the village of Uaxactun, Guatemala. The airstrip may be closed. Aerial imagery shows less than 300 metres of grass landing area remaining unobstructed by trees and structures.
Uaxactun
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Petén Department, Northern Lowlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.3913° or 17° 23′ 29″ northLongitude
-89.6295° or 89° 37′ 46″ westElevation
190 metres (623 feet)Open location code
769G99RC+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 287280062OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Uaxactun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “واكساكتون”
- Armenian: “Ուաշակթուն”
- Asturian: “Uaxactún”
- Bashkir: “Уашактун”
- Basque: “Uaxactun”
- Belarusian: “Уашактун”
- Catalan: “Siaan Ca’an”
- Catalan: “Uaxactún”
- Cebuano: “Uaxactún”
- Chinese: “乌克萨屯”
- Chinese: “瓦沙克通”
- Dutch: “Uaxactun”
- Finnish: “Uaxactún”
- French: “Uaxactun”
- German: “Uaxactún”
- Hebrew: “אואקסקטון”
- Indonesian: “Uaxactun”
- Italian: “Uaxactún”
- Japanese: “ウアクサクトゥン”
- Japanese: “ワシャクトゥン”
- Lithuanian: “Uašaktunas”
- Macedonian: “Уашактун”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Uaxactún”
- Polish: “Uaxactún”
- Portuguese: “Uaxactun”
- Russian: “Вашактун”
- Russian: “Уашактун”
- Spanish: “Uaxactun”
- Spanish: “Uaxactún”
- Swedish: “Uaxactún”
- Tatar: “Уашактун”
- Ukrainian: “Уашактун”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Uaxactun”. Photo: Davidgermain, CC BY 3.0.