South America
Peru
Ancash

Isla Blanca

Isla Blanca or Blanca Island is a volcanic island located at the mouth of Chimbote Bay, near , . Administratively it is in , Santa Province, Ancash Region.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Peru
  • Also known as: “Blanca”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chimbote.

Photo: Felino Volador, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chimbote; Quechua: Chimputi) is a city in northwestern . It is the largest city in the Ancash Region and the tenth most populous in Peru. With a population of 425,367 in 2017, it is the capital of both Santa Province and .

Isla Blanca

Latitude
-9.10549° or 9° 6′ 20″ south
Longitude
-78.62056° or 78° 37′ 14″ west
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
6723V9VH+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1728577634
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3699336
Wiki­data ID
Q5763476
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Isla Blanca” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Isla Blanca (pulo sa Peru, Ancash, lat -9,10, long -78,62)”
  • Cebuano: “Isla Blanca”
  • Dutch: “Isla Blanca”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltoji sala”
  • Quechua: “Isla Blanca”
  • Quechua: “Yuraq wat’a”
  • Quechua: “Yuraqwat’a”
  • Spanish: “Isla Blanca (Áncash)”
  • Spanish: “Isla Blanca”

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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 Blanca”. Photo: Tomato356, CC BY-SA 3.0.