Chincha Islands
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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
- Also known as“Centro Chincha”“Chincha Center Island”“Isla Centro Chincha”“Isla Chincha Centro”“Isla del Medio Chincha”
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Latitude
-13.64292° or 13° 38′ 35″ south
Longitude
-76.39861° or 76° 23′ 55″ west
Open location code
57R59J42+RH
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Chincha Islands” goes by many names.
- French: “Îles Chincha”
- German: “Chincha-Inseln”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Chincha”
- Spanish: “Islas Chincha”
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