Hands
Hands is a geoglyph in El Ingenio District, Nasca Province, Ica. Hands is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Torre María Reiche, as well as near Lizard.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lizard and Flower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazca lines.
Nazca lines
Locality
Photo: bluelemur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed.
Hands
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Nazca Hands geoglyph”
- Categories: geoglyph, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: El Ingenio District, Nasca Province, Ica, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-14.69453° or 14° 41′ 40″ southLongitude
-75.11395° or 75° 6′ 50″ westOpen location code
57Q68V4P+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 137051403OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyphOpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q33544197
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Satellite Map
Discover Hands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Hands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Geoglif Mans de Nazca”
- French: “géoglyphe Mains de Nazca”
- French: “Mains”
- German: “Hände”
- Hungarian: “Kezek”
- Italian: “Mani”
- Russian: “Руки”
- Slovenian: “geoglif Roki v Nazci”
- Slovenian: “Las manos”
- Spanish: “geoglifo Manos de Nazca”
- Spanish: “Las manos”
- Spanish: “Manos”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Torre María Reiche and Pescado.
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