Strait of Tiquina

The Strait of Tiquina is the passage that connects the larger and smaller parts of in .
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait that connects the northern zone (Chucuito) with the southern zone (Huayñaymarca) of Lake Titicaca
  • Also known as: “Estrecho Tiquina”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pablo de Tiquina and San Pedro de Tiquina.

Village
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is a small town in the La Paz Department in . It is the seat of the Canton, one of the five cantons of the , the second municipal section of the .

Village
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is a town in the , . It is also home to Bolivian Navy flotilla and 4th Naval Service Area/Naval Military Police Battalion #1.

Strait of Tiquina

Latitude
-16.21667° or 16° 13′ south
Longitude
-68.85° or 68° 51′ west
Elevation
3,815 metres (12,516 feet)
Open location code
57MHQ5M2+82
Geo­Names ID
3902914
Wiki­data ID
Q187551
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Strait of Tiquina” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Tikina boğazı”
  • Basque: “Tiquina itsasartea”
  • Bengali: “তিকিনা প্রণালি”
  • Bengali: “তিকিনা প্রণালী”
  • Bosnian: “Tikinski tjesnac”
  • Catalan: “estret de Tiquina”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Tiquina”
  • Cebuano: “Estrecho de Tiquina”
  • Dutch: “Strait of Tiquina”
  • French: “détroit de Tiquina”
  • French: “Détroit de Tiquina”
  • German: “Straße von Tiquina”
  • Hungarian: “Tiquina-szoros”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Tiquina”
  • Japanese: “ティキーナ海峡”
  • Malay: “Selat Tiquina”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Tiquina”
  • Polish: “Estrecho de Tiquina”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Tiquina”
  • Quechua: “Tikina yaku k’ikllu”
  • Russian: “Пролив Тикина”
  • Russian: “Тикина”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Tiquina”
  • Swedish: “Estrecho de Tiquina”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pomane and Corihuaya.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cerro Tiquina and Cerro Machamachata.

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