Chincha Islands

The Chincha Islands are a group of three small 21 kilometres off the southwest coast of , to which they belong, near the town of . Since pre-Incan times they were of interest for their extensive guano deposits, but the supplies were mostly exhausted by 1874.
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Latitude
-13.65142° or 13° 39′ 5″ south
Longitude
-76.40094° or 76° 24′ 3″ west
Open location code
57R58HXX+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 11570878
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3943791
Wiki­data ID
Q1073664

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Chincha Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر تشينشا”
  • Basque: “Chincha uharteak”
  • Catalan: “Illes Chincha”
  • Catalan: “Illes Xinxa”
  • Cebuano: “Islas de Chincha”
  • Chinese: “钦查群岛”
  • Czech: “Islas Chincha”
  • Danish: “Chincha-øerne”
  • Dutch: “Chincha Islands”
  • Estonian: “Chincha saared”
  • Finnish: “Chinchasaaret”
  • French: “Îles Chincha”
  • German: “Chincha-Inseln”
  • Hungarian: “Chincha-szigetek”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Chincha”
  • Italian: “Isole Chincha”
  • Japanese: “チンチャ諸島”
  • Korean: “친차 제도”
  • Lithuanian: “Činčos salos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chinchaøyane”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Chincha”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Chincha”
  • Quechua: “Chincha wat’akuna”
  • Russian: “Острова Чинча”
  • Serbian: “Чинча острва”
  • Slovak: “Islas Chincha”
  • Slovenian: “otoki Chincha”
  • Spanish: “Islas Chincha”
  • Swedish: “Chinchaöarna”
  • Swedish: “Islas Chincha”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Чинча”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Чінча”
  • Ukrainian: “Чінча (острови)”

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