North Chincha Island
The Chincha Islands are a group of three small islands 21 kilometres off the southwest coast of Peru, to which they belong, near the town of Pisco. Since pre-Incan times they were of interest for their extensive guano deposits, but the supplies were mostly exhausted by 1874.North Chincha Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Chincha North Island”, “Isla Chincha Norte”, “Isla del Norte Chincha”, “Isla Norte Chincha”, and “Norte Chincha”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Ica, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.62827° or 13° 37′ 42″ south
Longitude
-76.39227° or 76° 23′ 32″ west
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
57R59JC5+M3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“North Chincha Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Îles Chincha”
- German: “Chincha-Inseln”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Chincha”
- Spanish: “Islas Chincha”
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