Nazca Lines (geoglyphs)
The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 440 metres (1,450 feet)
- Description: large geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in Peru
- Also known as“Nasca”“Nasca lines”“Nazca Lines”“ray roads (Nazca)”
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Nazca Lines (geoglyphs)
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Latitude
-14.72442° or 14° 43′ 28″ south
Longitude
-75.14648° or 75° 8′ 47″ west
Open location code
57Q67VG3+6C
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Nazca Lines (geoglyphs)” goes by many names.
Nazca-lyneAfrikaans
Vijat e NazkasAlbanian
خطوط نازكاArabic
Նասկայի գեոգլիֆներArmenian
Llinies de NazcaAsturian
lines cheveresAymara
Naska xətləriAzerbaijani
Nazca eta Pampas de Jumanako lerro eta geoglifoakBasque
Nazcako lerroakBasque
Геогліфы НаскіBelarusian
নাজকা রেখাসমূহBengali
Знаци в НаскаBulgarian
línies de NascaCatalan
Línies de NazcaCatalan
Mga Gurit NazcaCentral Bikol
纳斯卡线条Chinese
Nazca linijeCroatian
Obrazce na planině NazcaCzech
Nazca-linjerneDanish
NazcalijnenDutch
Nazca-liniojEsperanto
Nazka-liniojEsperanto
Nazca geoglüüfidEstonian
Nazca laamEstonian
Nazcan linjatFinnish
Liñas de NazcaGalician
ნასკას ხაზებიGeorgian
Γραμμές ΝάσκαGreek
Γραμμές της ΝάζκαGreek
Γραμμές της ΝάσκαGreek
קווי נסקהHebrew
Nazca-vonalakHungarian
Garis-garis NazcaIndonesian
Linee di NazcaItalian
ナスカの地上絵Japanese
Наска сызықтарыKazakh
나스카 지상화Korean
나스카 평원Korean
Xetên NazcaKurdish
Naskas līnijasLatvian
Naskos piešiniaiLithuanian
Nazca-LinnenLuxembourgish
Наска линииMacedonian
Наскански линииMacedonian
Tsipika NazcaMalagasy
Garisan NazcaMalay
നാസ്ക വരകൾMalayalam
Linja ta‘ NazcaMaltese
Linji ta‘ NascaMaltese
Linji ta’ NazcaMaltese
NazcalinjeneNorwegian
NazcalinjeneNorwegian Bokmål
NazcalinjeneNorwegian Nynorsk
ନାଜ୍କା ରେଖାOriya
خطوط نازکاPersian
Rysunki z NazcaPolish
Naska siq’ikunaQuechua
Liniile NazcaRomanian
Геоглифы НаскиRussian
Nazca LinesScots
Наска линијеSerbian
Naskanske linijeSerbo-Croatian
črte NazcaSlovenian
Géoglif NazkaSundanese
NascalinjernaSwedish
நாசுகா கோடுகள்Tamil
เส้นนัซกาThai
Nazca çizgileriTurkish
Наскаысь геоглифъёсUdmurt
Геогліфи НаскиUkrainian
ناسکا لکیریںUrdu
Những hình vẽ trên cao nguyên NazcaVietnamese
Mga bagis ha NazcaWaray (Philippines)
Llinellau NacsaWelsh
Llinellau NaczaWelsh
Նազքայի «Գծագրութիւնները»Western Armenian
纳斯卡巨画Wu Chinese
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