Ballestas Islands

The Ballestas Islands are located roughly 15 km off the coast of southern . These islands are home to various fauna like the guanay guano bird, the blue-footed booby, the tendril, the Humboldt penguin and two varieties of marine mammals.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Pacific Ocean archipelago of Peru
  • Also known as: “Balliesta Island”, “Isla Ballesta Norte”, “Islotes Ballestas”, “Las Ballestas”, and “North Ballesta Island”

Ballestas Islands

Latitude
-13.732° or 13° 43′ 55″ south
Longitude
-76.3977° or 76° 23′ 52″ west
Open location code
57R57J92+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 883056326
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3936803
Wiki­data ID
Q2749240
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Satellite Map

Discover Ballestas Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Ballestas Islands” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Illes Ballestas”
  • Catalan: “Illes Ballestes”
  • Danish: “Islas Ballestas”
  • Dutch: “Ballestas eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Ballestaseilanden”
  • Dutch: “Islas Ballestas”
  • Esperanto: “Insuloj Ballestas”
  • Esperanto: “Islas Ballestas”
  • French: “Iles Ballestas”
  • French: “îles Ballestas”
  • French: “Îles Ballestas”
  • German: “Islas Ballestas”
  • Hungarian: “Ballestas-szigetek”
  • Italian: “Isole Ballestas”
  • Japanese: “バジェスタス島”
  • Lithuanian: “Baljestos salos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballestasøyane”
  • Polish: “Ballestas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Ballestas”
  • Quechua: “Ballestas wat’akuna”
  • Spanish: “Islas Ballestas”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Баєстас”

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