Nasca and Palpa Lines
Also known as Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa, géoglyphes de Nasca, lignes de Nazca, Nasca lines, Nazca Lines, ray roads (Nazca)
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Peru
Inscribed
1994
Area
75,358 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Nasca and Palpa Lines is about 95 km south-east of Ica. The nearest other World Heritage site is Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, about 330 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Nasca · about 24,000 peopleabout 25 km south-east
- Ica · about 279,000 peopleabout 95 km north-west
- Pisco · about 81,000 peopleabout 160 km north-west
- Chincha Alta · about 153,000 peopleabout 180 km north-west
- Ayacucho · about 166,000 peopleabout 200 km north-east
- Huancavelica · about 44,000 peopleabout 210 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PeruMixed327 km away
PeruCultural359 km away
PeruCultural365 km away
PeruCultural430 km away
PeruNatural471 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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