Maras Salt Ponds
The Salt Mines of Maras is one of the largest salt extraction centers of prehispanic origin in Cusco. It is in the Urubamba Province in Cusco in southeast Peru, at an elevation of 3,200 m above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarry
- Description: Salt flat in Peru
- Also known as: “Maras solar salterns”, “Salinas de Maras”, “Salineras”, “salineras de Maras”, and “Salt Mines of Maras”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maras and Urubamba.
Maras
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Maras is a town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 40 kilometers north of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru. The town, in the eponymous district, is well known for its salt evaporation ponds, located towards Urubamba from the town center, which have been in use since Inca times.
Urubamba
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Urubamba is a small town in Peru, located near the Urubamba River under the snow-capped mountain Chicón. It is the capital of the district of the same name.
Yucay
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Yucay is a village in Peru. The town is in a scenic valley and has many farming families. There is nothing to see or do in this town, but it can be a convenient base to make various short trips from.
Maras Salt Ponds
- Categories: salt evaporation pond and industry
- Location: Cuzco Department, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.30008° or 13° 18′ 0″ southLongitude
-72.15607° or 72° 9′ 22″ westOpen location code
57R9MRXV+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 66568490OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q31386827
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Maras Salt Ponds” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Salineras de Maras”
- Dutch: “Categorie:Zout uit Maras”
- Dutch: “Zoutpannen van Maras”
- French: “salines de Maras”
- French: “salinières de Maras”
- French: “Salinières de Maras”
- Italian: “Salineras”
- Portuguese: “Salinas de Maras”
- Russian: “Соляные копи”
- Spanish: “minas de sal de Maras”
- Spanish: “salinas de Maras”
- Spanish: “salineras de Maras”
- Spanish: “Salineras de Maras”
- Venetian: “Sałineras”
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Highlights include Capilla Santísima Cruz and Salineras.
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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 Wikipedia page “Maras Salt Ponds”. Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.