Huáscar
Huáscar is an ironclad turret ship owned by the Chilean Navy built in 1865 for the Peruvian government. It is named after the 16th-century Inca emperor, Huáscar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: Ironclad monitor of Peruvian and Chilean navies
- Also known as: “Huascar”
- Address: Avenida Jorge Montt, Talcahuano
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Estación Mercado and Coliseo La Tortuga.
Estación Mercado
Railway station
Photo: Colomboasunceño, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estación Mercado is a railway station, which is situated 1 km southwest of Huáscar.
Coliseo La Tortuga
Theater building
Photo: Municipalidad de Talcahuano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coliseo La Tortuga is an indoor sporting arena located in Talcahuano, Chile. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 spectators and it is used mostly for basketball. Coliseo La Tortuga is situated 1½ km south of Huáscar.
Estadio El Morro
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Club de Deportes Naval de Talcahuano is a Chilean football club, their home town is Talcahuano, Biobío Region. They currently play at the fifth level of Chilean football, Tercera B of Chile. Estadio El Morro is situated 2 km south of Huáscar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenga and Hualpén.
Lenga
Village
Photo: Farisori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lenga is a village, which is situated 9 km southwest of Huáscar.
Hualpén
Town
Hualpén is a Chilean city and commune belonging to Concepción Province and the Biobío Region. It is part of the conurbation of Greater Concepción. The commune spans an area of 53.5 km2. Hualpén is situated 10 km south of Huáscar.
Huáscar
- Categories: turret ship, museum ship, preserved watercraft, ship, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Biobío, Southern Chile, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.70542° or 36° 42′ 20″ southLongitude
-73.11157° or 73° 6′ 42″ westInception
1865Operator
Armada de ChileOpen location code
47M87VVQ+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 178494829OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1639516
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Huáscar” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Huáscar (monitor)”
- Catalan: “monitor Huáscar”
- Chinese: “瓦斯卡尔号铁甲舰”
- Chinese: “瓦斯卡號”
- Chinese: “胡阿斯卡号铁甲舰”
- Chinese: “胡阿斯卡號鐵甲艦”
- Czech: “Huáscar”
- Dutch: “Huáscar”
- French: “Huáscar”
- German: “Huáscar”
- German: “Monitor Huáscar”
- Italian: “Huáscar”
- Japanese: “ワスカル (装甲艦)”
- Japanese: “ワスカル”
- Papiamento: “Monitor Huáscar”
- Polish: “Huascar (1866)”
- Polish: “Huascar (okręt)”
- Polish: “Huáscar (okręt)”
- Polish: “Huáscar”
- Portuguese: “Huáscar (monitor)”
- Portuguese: “Huáscar”
- Russian: “Монитор «Уаскар»”
- Russian: “Монитор «Хуаскар»”
- Russian: “Уаскар (монитор)”
- Russian: “Уаскар”
- Spanish: “Bap huascar”
- Spanish: “Bap Huascar”
- Spanish: “BAP Huascar”
- Spanish: “Bap Huáscar”
- Spanish: “BAP Huáscar”
- Spanish: “Blindado Huascar”
- Spanish: “Blindado Huáscar”
- Spanish: “Huáscar (1866)”
- Spanish: “Huáscar (monitor)”
- Spanish: “Monitor ‘Huascar’”
- Spanish: “Monitor ‘Huáscar’”
- Spanish: “Monitor huascar”
- Spanish: “Monitor Huascar”
- Spanish: “Monitor huáscar”
- Spanish: “Monitor Huáscar”
- Ukrainian: “Уаскар (броненосець)”
- Ukrainian: “Уаскар”
- “Huascar”
- “Huáscar”
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Highlights include Cápsula Fénix 2 and Puerta de Los Leones.
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