Colca Canyon

The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the in southern , located about 160 kilometres northwest of . With a depth of about 3,270 metres, it is one of the deepest canyons in the world.
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  • Type: Valley with an elevation of 3,193 metres
  • Description: valley
  • Also known as: “Canon de Colca”, “Cañon de colca”, “Cañon de Colca”, “Cañon De Colca”, “Cañon del Colca”, “Canyó del Colca”, “Canyon Colca”, “Canyon del Colca”, “Colca Canon”, “Colca Cañon”, “Colca canyon”, “Colca Kloof”, “Colcos kanjonas”, “Cruz del Condor”, “Qullqa Qhichwa”, “Vall del riu Colca”, “Valle del colca”, “Каньйон Колка”, “Каньйон Колька”, “Колька (долина)”, “أخدود كولكا”, and “خانق كولكا”

Colca Canyon

Latitude
-15.5945° or 15° 35′ 40″ south
Longitude
-72.0609° or 72° 3′ 39″ west
Elevation
3,193 metres (10,476 feet)
Open location code
57P9CW4Q+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 436184827
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6941093
Wiki­data ID
Q1107685
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Colca Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي كولكا”
  • Bulgarian: “Колка (каньон)”
  • Bulgarian: “Колка”
  • Catalan: “Canyó del riu Colca”
  • Cebuano: “Colca Canyon”
  • Chinese: “科尔卡峡谷”
  • Dutch: “Colca Canyon”
  • Dutch: “Colcakloof”
  • Finnish: “Colca Canyon”
  • French: “Canyon de Colca”
  • German: “Colca-Tal”
  • Hebrew: “קניון קולקה”
  • Italian: “Valle del Colca”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolkos kanjonas”
  • Malayalam: “കോൾക്ക കാന്യൺ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colca-dalen”
  • Polish: “Kanion Colca”
  • Portuguese: “Vale do Colca”
  • Quechua: “Qullqa qhichwa”
  • Romanian: “canionul Colca”
  • Russian: “Каньон Колка”
  • Russian: “Колка (каньон)”
  • Russian: “Колка”
  • Spanish: “Cañón del Colca”
  • Spanish: “Valle del Colca”
  • Swedish: “Colca”
  • Ukrainian: “Колка (долина)”
  • Ukrainian: “Колка”

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