Esteves
Esteves is an island in the Peruvian part of Lake Titicaca near the city of Puno in Puno Province, Puno Department. The Island has only one road, Sesquicentenario, but has a dirt road that encircles the island, as well as two helicopter landings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eugen Lehle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uros Islands and SS Coya.
Uros Islands
Photo: Epb22, Public domain.
The Uros Islands are floating islands made of reeds, situated along a river-like channel through the marshy fringes of Lake Titicaca, near Puno on the Peruvian Altiplano. They are known equally as a "tourist trap" and a genuine wonder of the world.
SS Coya
Photo: Ciudades, CC BY-SA 4.0.
SS Coya is a 19th-century iron-hulled steamship on Lake Titicaca in Peru. After a long history carrying freight and passengers she is currently a floating restaurant.
Estadio E. Torres Belón
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estadio Enrique Torres Belón is a multi-purpose stadium in Puno, Peru. It is currently used by football team Alfonso Ugarte. The stadium is built out of stone and has a capacity of 20,000 people. Estadio E. Torres Belón is situated 3½ km west of Esteves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puno.
Puno
Photo: Antoniogargate, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puno is a port city at an altitude of over 3,800 meters, on the shores of Lake Titicaca on the Altiplano of Peru - though because it's located within an enclosed bay, you won't see the full scale of the lake here unless visiting the outlying islands of Taquile and Amantaní.
Esteves
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Peru
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Puno, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-15.82761° or 15° 49′ 39″ southLongitude
-69.9922° or 69° 59′ 32″ westElevation
3,842 metres (12,605 feet)Open location code
57PG52C5+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 226747510OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Esteves” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isla Estoves”
- Dutch: “Esteves”
- Georgian: “ესტევესი”
- Mingrelian: “ესტევესი”
- Quechua: “Esteves wat’a”
- Quechua: “Istiwis wat’a”
- Spanish: “Isla Esteves”
- Spanish: “Isla Estoves”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jardin Lake Titicaca Hotel and Parque sesquicentenario.
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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 “Esteves”. Photo: Eugen Lehle, CC BY-SA 3.0.