Machu Apachita (Quechua machu old, old person, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Ref Laime Ref Bertonio also spelled Machu Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4800 meters high.