Whale
Whale is a geoglyph in Ica, Peru.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baby condor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazca.
Nazca
Photo: bluelemur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nazca or Nasca is a town in Peru's Southern Coast region. It is most famous for the Nazca Lines, a collection of long lines, geometrical figures, and giant drawings in the desert sand that have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Whale
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Nazca Whale geoglyph”
- Categories: geoglyph, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Ica, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-14.81666° or 14° 49′ southLongitude
-74.99481° or 74° 59′ 41″ westOpen location code
57Q752M4+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 510315332OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyphOpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q33544325
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Whale” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Geoglif Balena de Nazca”
- French: “Baleine”
- French: “géoglyphe Baleine de Nazca”
- German: “Walfisch”
- Greek: “Φάλαινα”
- Hungarian: “Bálna”
- Italian: “Balena”
- Japanese: “鯨”
- Polish: “Wieloryb”
- Portuguese: “Baleia”
- Russian: “кит”
- Slovenian: “geoglif Kit v Nazci”
- Slovenian: “La ballena”
- Spanish: “Ballena”
- Spanish: “La ballena”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cara sonriente and Geoglifo de un camarón.
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