Guajira Peninsula
The Guajira Peninsula is a peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela in the Caribbean. It is the northernmost peninsula in South America and has an area of 25,000 km2 extending from the Manaure Bay to the Calabozo Ensenada in the Gulf of Venezuela, and from the Caribbean to the Serranía del Perijá mountains range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: South American peninsula
- Also known as: “Goagira”, “Península de la Goajira”, “Peninsula de la Guajira”, and “Peninsula de La Guajira”
Guajira Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Colombia, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Panjabi—“Guajira Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Quaxira yarımadası”
- Basque: “Guajira penintsula”
- Belarusian: “Гуахіра”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Гуахіра”
- Bulgarian: “Гоахира”
- Bulgarian: “Гуахира”
- Catalan: “Península de La Guajira”
- Cebuano: “Península de La Guajira”
- Chinese: “瓜希拉半岛”
- Chinese: “瓜希拉半島”
- Czech: “Guajira”
- Esperanto: “Guajira Duoninsulo”
- French: “péninsule de Guajira”
- French: “Péninsule de Guajira”
- Galician: “Península de La Guajira”
- Georgian: “გუახირის ნახევარკუნძული”
- Georgian: “ლა-გუახირის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Guajira-Halbinsel”
- German: “Wajiira”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Γκουαχίρα”
- Italian: “Penisola de la Guajira”
- Italian: “Penisola della Guajira”
- Italian: “Penisola di Guajira”
- Japanese: “グアジラ半島”
- Japanese: “グアヒーラ半島”
- Korean: “과히라 반도”
- Korean: “과히라반도”
- Lithuanian: “La Guachiros pusiasalis”
- Lithuanian: “La Gvachiros pusiasalis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guajirahalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guajira-halvøya”
- Norwegian: “Guajirahalvøya”
- Polish: “Guajira”
- Polish: “Półwysep Guajira”
- Portuguese: “La guajira”
- Portuguese: “Península de La Guajira”
- Russian: “Гоахира”
- Russian: “Гуахира”
- Russian: “Ла-Гуахира”
- Russian: “Полуостров Гуахира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Guajira (poluotok)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Guajira”
- Slovenian: “polotok Guajira”
- Slovenian: “Polotok Guajira”
- Spanish: “peninsula de la Guajira”
- Spanish: “península de La Guajira”
- Spanish: “Península de La Guajira”
- Spanish: “peninsula Guajira”
- Spanish: “península Guajira”
- Swedish: “Guajirahalvön”
- Turkish: “Guajira Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Гуахіра”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ نما گواخیرا”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ نما گواخیرا”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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