Punta Pariñas
Punta Pariñas, also known as Punta Balcones, is in the La Brea District, Talara Province, Piura Region, Peru. It is the westernmost point in mainland South America, located at.
- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: cape; westernmost point of South America
- Also known as“Cabo Pariña”“Pariñas”“Pariñas Point”“Pariñas Points”“Punta Pariña”
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Latitude
-4.67002° or 4° 40′ 12″ south
Longitude
-81.32744° or 81° 19′ 39″ west
Open location code
667W8MHF+X2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Punta Pariñas” goes by many names.
Parinyas burnuAzerbaijani
ПарыньясBelarusian
ПаринясBulgarian
punta PariñasCatalan
Punta PariñasCebuano
帕里尼亚斯角Chinese
mys PariñasCzech
Punta PariñasDutch
Punta PariñasEsperanto
პარინიასიGeorgian
פונטה פריניאסHebrew
パリニャス岬Japanese
ПариниасKabardian
ПариньясKazakh
ПариньясKirghiz
파리냐스곶Korean
Parinjasa ragsLatvian
Parinjaso kyšulysLithuanian
Punta PariñasNorwegian
Punta PariñasNorwegian Bokmål
Punta PariñasPolish
мыс ПариньясRussian
ПариньясRussian
Пунта ПаринасSerbian
Пунта ПарињасSerbian
Punta PariñasSwedish
Мис ПариньясUkrainian
Мис ПаріньясUkrainian
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