Pelican
Pelican is a geoglyph in El Ingenio District, Nasca Province, Ica. Pelican is situated nearby to Frigate bird, as well as near Flamingo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Max nr 323, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frigate bird and Flamingo.
Frigate bird
Photo: Max nr 323, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frigate bird is situated 160 metres southwest of Pelican.
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 over 700 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. Nazca lines is situated 2½ km southwest of Pelican.
Pelican
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Nazca Pelican geoglyph” and “Pelícano”
- 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
-14.68522° or 14° 41′ 7″ southLongitude
-75.11056° or 75° 6′ 38″ westOpen location code
57Q68V7Q+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 173836910OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyphOpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q33544220
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Pelican” goes by many names.
- French: “géoglyphe Pélican de Nazca”
- French: “Pélican”
- Hungarian: “Pelikán”
- Slovenian: “geoglif Pelikan v Nazci”
- Spanish: “geoglifo Pelecanus de Nazca”
- Spanish: “Pelecanus”
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