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Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District in Peru. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the “Lost City of the Incas”, it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.

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Ijen Plateau is an Indonesian crater and lies in East Java, topped with a large caldera with the world’s largest lake of highly acid (pH<0.5) and mineralized volcanic water, and a sulphur mine.

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