Uros Islands
The Uros Islands are floating islands made of reeds, situated along a river-like channel through the marshy fringes of Lake Titicaca, near Puno on the Peruvian Altiplano. They are known equally as a "tourist trap" and a genuine wonder of the world.
Photo: Epb22, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Peru
- Also known as: “islas flotantes de los urus”, “Uro Islands”, and “Uros floating islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Esteves.
Esteves
Islet
Uros Islands
- Categories: artificial island and landform
- Location: Puno, Altiplano, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-15.819° or 15° 49′ 8″ south
Longitude
-69.9696° or 69° 58′ 11″ west
Population
1,810
Elevation
3,810 metres (12,500 feet)
Open location code
57PG52JJ+C5
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Uros Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illes surants dels uros”
- Cebuano: “Isla de los Uros”
- Dutch: “Uroseilanden”
- German: “Schwimmende Inseln”
- Italian: “Islas Flotantes”
- Italian: “Isole degli Uros”
- Italian: “Isole galleggianti degli Uros”
- Japanese: “ウロス諸島”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Flutuantes dos Uros”
- Quechua: “Uru wat’akuna”
- Spanish: “Islas de los Uros”
- Spanish: “islas flotantes de los uros”
- Spanish: “Islas flotantes de los uros”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mirador Parque and Orconplaya.
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Worth a closer look: Puno and Juliaca.
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