Ñust'apata (
Quechua ''ñust'a'' princess, ''pata'' elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank, shore, step)
"princess bank") is a mountain in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
in
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, about high. It is situated in the
Calca Province Calca may refer to:
*Calca Peninsula, a peninsula in South Australia
* Calca Province, one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region of Peru
* Calca District, one of the eight districts in the Calca Province
* Calca, Peru, capital of the Calca Dist ...
, on the border of the districts of
Pisac and
Taray. Ñust'apata lies on the left bank of the
Willkanuta River, near the archaeological park of
Pisac.
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References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region
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