Toquepala Caves
Toquepala Caves are located near Toquepala mine, about 154 km from the city of Tacna, in the extreme southeast of Peru. They are notable for a number of rock paintings. The best known of them is the cave named Abrigo del Diablo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave
- Also known as: “Toquepala”
Toquepala Caves
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art and landform
- Location: Moquegua District, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua Department, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-17.30453° or 17° 18′ 16″ southLongitude
-70.71839° or 70° 43′ 6″ westOpen location code
57JFM7WJ+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 9216186763OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q568661
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Toquepala Caves” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهوف توكويبالا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف توكويبالا”
- French: “Grottes de Toquepala”
- French: “Toquepala”
- Georgian: “ტოკეპალა”
- Japanese: “トケパラ洞穴”
- Japanese: “トケパラ洞窟”
- Kotava: “Toquepala (arula)”
- Kotava: “Toquepala”
- Lithuanian: “Tokepalos urvas”
- Macedonian: “Токепала”
- Polish: “Toquepala”
- Portuguese: “Caverna Toquepala”
- Quechua: “Tukipala mach’ay”
- Russian: “Токепала”
- Spanish: “Cuevas de Toquepala”
- Ukrainian: “Печера Токепала”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Toquepala Airport and Comisaría PNP Toquepala.
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