Burro Island
Burro Island is a 247-hectare island belonging to Venezuela, located in the waters of Valencia Lake. It is the largest of the 22 islands in the lake. Administratively, it is part of Guacara municipality in the central Venezuelan state of Carabobo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Edrasaal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Island
- Description: lacustrian island in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Isla de Tacarigua”, “Isla El Burro”, “Isla Tacarigua”, and “Tacarigua Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Güigüe.
Güigüe
Town
Photo: Periergeia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Güigüe is a city in the south of the Valencia Lake, in Carabobo, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Carlos Arvelo Municipality and of the Güigüe parish. The Güigüe River flows through the city, draining in Lake Valencia. Güigüe is situated 10 km southwest of Burro Island.
Burro Island
- Categories: lake island, uninhabited island, locality, and landform
- Location: Carabobo, Venezuela, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.16022° or 10° 9′ 37″ northLongitude
-67.73029° or 67° 43′ 49″ westElevation
479 metres (1,572 feet)Operator
INPARQUESOpen location code
772J5769+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 28851433OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
3626567Wikidata ID
Q5000471
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Burro Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isla de Tacarigua”
- Dutch: “Burro Island”
- Spanish: “Isla de El Burro”
- Spanish: “Isla de Tacarigua”
- Spanish: “Isla del Burro”
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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 “Burro Island”. Photo: Edrasaal, CC BY-SA 3.0.