South Plaza

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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: South Plaza Island

South Plaza

Latitude
-0.58324° or 0° 34′ 60″ south
Longitude
-90.16384° or 90° 9′ 50″ west
Open location code
66FFCR8P+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5113616
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
10630026
Wiki­data ID
Q1209933
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“South Plaza” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Plaza Sur uhartea
  • Catalan: Illa Plaza Sur
  • Chinese: 南普拉萨岛
  • Chinese: 南普拉薩島
  • Dutch: Plazas
  • Finnish: South Plaza
  • French: île Plaza Sud
  • French: Île Plaza Sud
  • French: Isla Plaza Sur
  • French: South Plaza Island
  • French: South Plaza
  • German: Plaza Sur
  • Hindi: दक्षिण प्लाजा(गैलापागोस)
  • Hindi: दक्षिण प्लाजा
  • Japanese: 南プラザ島
  • Korean: 남플라사섬
  • Polish: Plaza Sur
  • Quechua: Plaza Sur wat’a
  • Quechua: Uralan Plaza wat’a
  • Quechua: Urin Plaza wat’a
  • Russian: Пласа-Сур
  • Slovenian: Plaza Sur
  • Spanish: Isla Plaza Sur
  • Spanish: Plaza Sur
  • Ukrainian: острів Пласа-Сур
  • Ukrainian: Пласа-Сур

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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 Wikivoyage page “South Plaza”. Photo: Pete, CC BY-SA 2.0.