Isthmus of Fitzcarrald
The Fitzcarrald Isthmus is an 11 km long land bridge that connected important rubber trade routes of the Urubamba River and the Madre de Dios River in Peru.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Isthmus of Fitzcarrald
- Type: Mountain saddle
- Description: isthmus
- Categories: isthmus and landform
- Location: Fitzcarrald District, Manú Province, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.75° or 11° 44′ 60″ southLongitude
-72.4039° or 72° 24′ 14″ westNamed after
Carlos FitzcarraldOpen location code
57W97H2W+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 12729166846OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q57960669
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Isthmus of Fitzcarrald” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fitzcarrald istmoa”
- Basque: “Fitzcarralden istmoa”
- Italian: “Istmo di Fitzcarrald”
- Spanish: “Istmo de Fitzcarrald”
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