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: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Epb22, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Peru
- Also known as: “Uro Islands” and “Uros floating islands”
Photo: Jerry Daykin, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Esteves.
Esteves
Islet
Photo: Eugen Lehle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esteves is an island in the Peruvian part of Lake Titicaca near the city of Puno in Puno Province, Puno Department. The Island has only one road, Sesquicentenario, but has a dirt road that encircles the island, as well as two helicopter landings.
Uros Islands
- Categories: artificial island and landform
- Location: Puno, Altiplano, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Uros Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “Isla de los Uros”
- Spanish: “Islas de los Uros”
- Spanish: “islas flotantes de los uros”
- Spanish: “Islas flotantes de los uros”
- Spanish: “islas flotantes de los urus”
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