Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 160 kilometres northwest of Arequipa. It is Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually.
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Colca Canyon
- Type: Valley
- Description: valley
- Category: canyon
- Location: Southern Sierra, Peru, South America
Latitude -15.5945° or 15° 35' 40.3" south | Longitude -72.0609° or 72° 3' 39.2" west |
Elevation 3193 metres (10,476 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID way 436184827 |
GeoNames ID 6941093 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أخدود كولكا
- Arabic: خانق كولكا
- Arabic: وادي كولكا
- Catalan: Canyó del Colca
- Catalan: Canyó del riu Colca
- Catalan: Vall del riu Colca
- Cebuano: Colca Canyon
- Dutch: Colca Canyon
- Dutch: Colca Kloof
- Dutch: Colca canyon
- Dutch: Cruz del Condor
- Finnish: Colca Canyon
- French: Canon de Colca
- French: Canyon de Colca
- French: Cañon De Colca
- French: Cañon de Colca
- French: Cañon de colca
- German: Colca-Tal
- German: Colca Canon
- German: Colca Cañon
- Hebrew: קניון קולקה
- Italian: Valle del Colca
- Lithuanian: Colcos kanjonas
- Lithuanian: Kolkos kanjonas
- Malayalam: കോൾക്ക കാന്യൺ
- Polish: Kanion Colca
- Portuguese: Vale do Colca
- Quechua: Cañon del Colca
- Quechua: Qullqa Qhichwa
- Quechua: Qullqa qhichwa
- Romanian: canionul Colca
- Russian: Колка (каньон)
- Russian: Колка
- Spanish: Canon Colca
- Spanish: Canon del Colca
- Spanish: Canón Colca
- Spanish: Canón del Colca
- Spanish: Cañon Colca
- Spanish: Cañon del Colca
- Spanish: Cañón Colca
- Spanish: Cañón del Colca
- Spanish: Colca
- Spanish: Provincia de Cailloma
- Spanish: Valle del Colca
- Spanish: Valle del colca
- Ukrainian: Каньйон Колка
- Ukrainian: Каньйон Колька
- Ukrainian: Колка (долина)
- Ukrainian: Колка
- Ukrainian: Колька (долина)
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Culpa CanyonTourist attraction
- Colca CanyonTourist attraction
- Llahuar hot springSpring
- Virginia hot SpringHot spring
- GeyserSpring
- ViewpointScenic viewpoint
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