Isla de las Gaviotas
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Uruguay
- Also known as: “Isla de las Gaviotas, Montevideo”, “Isla de los Gaviotas”, “Isla Gaviota”, and “Islote de las Gaviotas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Molino de Pérez and Olympic Plaza.
Molino de Pérez
Photo: Fedaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Molino de Pérez is a watermill which was built by the Uruguayan merchant Juan María Pérez in 1840. It's located in what nowadays is known as the Veltroni Passage, near Rambla O´Higgins and Alejandro Gallinal.
Museo Zoológico Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
Museum
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Museo Zoológico Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malvín and Buceo.
Buceo
Suburb
Buceo is a barrio in Montevideo, Uruguay. Buceo borders Pocitos and Villa Dolores to the west, Parque Batlle, Unión and Malvín Norte to the north, Malvín to the east and the coastline to the south.
Punta Gorda
Suburb
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Punta Gorda is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It takes its name from the promontory of Punta Gorda. Punta Gorda is situated 2½ km northeast of Isla de las Gaviotas.
Isla de las Gaviotas
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.90271° or 34° 54′ 10″ southLongitude
-56.10431° or 56° 6′ 16″ westElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
48Q53VWW+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 10668656OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3442532Wikidata ID
Q5922200
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Isla de las Gaviotas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isla de las Gaviotas”
- Dutch: “Isla de las Gaviotas, Montevideo”
- Portuguese: “Isla de las Gaviotas”
- Spanish: “Isla de las Gaviotas (Uruguay)”
- Spanish: “isla de las Gaviotas”
- Spanish: “Isla de las Gaviotas”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aparatos de ejercicio publicos. and Museo del Tango y el Turf.
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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 “Isla de las Gaviotas”. Photo: anibal amaro, CC BY 3.0.