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Isla Del Pescado
Isla del Pescado, Isla de los Pescadores or Cujiri is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land in the middle of Salar de Uyuni – a Salt pan (geology), salt flat situated in the Daniel Campos Province, Tahua Municipality, Caquena Canton, Bolivia. The local guides claim that the place took its name ''Isla del Pescado'' ("Island of the Fish") because when viewed from the distance it looks like a fish (see picture to the left). See also * Incahuasi Island, Inkawasi * Uyuni External links Tahua Municipality: population data and map (also showing the islands of Inkawasi and Isla del Pescado Islands of Bolivia Landforms of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Isla Del Pescado, Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia, 2016-02-04, DD 37
Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla (given name) * Víctor Isla, Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Loreto for the 2006–2011 term * Mauricio Isla, Chilean football player * Isla Fisher, actress and author Music * ''Isla'' (Portico Quartet album), a 2009 album by Portico Quartet Places *Isla, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Mt. Izla, location of ancient Christian monasteries, on the border between Turkey and Syria * Isla (Cantabria), a village in the Spanish region of Cantabria * River Isla, Perthshire, a tributary of the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland; flows through Glen Isla and Strathmore * River Isla, Moray a tributary of the River Deveron in North-East Scotland; flows through Keith in Banffshire * Senglea, Isla (Senglea) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia, 2016-02-04, DD 35
Salar may refer to: Places *Salar, Spain, a municipality in Granada *Salar, Murshidabad, a census town in West Bengal, India **Salar railway station *Salar, Uzbekistan, a town in Tashkent District *Kampong Salar, a village in Mukim Mentiri, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei People *Salar people, an ethnic group in China **Salar language, the language of the Salar People *Salar (name), a Persian first name given to boys *Sayf al-Din Salar Sayf al-Dīn Salār al-Manṣūrī (–September or October 1310) was the viceroy of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad during the latter's second reign (1299–1310). As a boy he was taken captive at the Battle of Elbistan in 1277 and became a ma ... (c. 1260s–1310), viceroy of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad See also * * * Salares, a town and municipality in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salar De Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at over in area. It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of above sea level. The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes that existed around forty thousand years ago but had all evaporated over time. It is now covered by a few meters of salt crust, which has an extraordinary flatness with the average elevation variations within one meter over the entire area of the Salar. The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine, which is exceptionally rich in lithium. The large area, clear skies, and exceptional flatness of the surface make the Salar ideal for calibrating the altimeters of Earth observation satellites. Following rain, a thin layer of dead calm water transforms the flat into the world's largest mirror, across. The Salar serves as the major transport route a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Pan (geology)
Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun. They are found in deserts and are natural formations (unlike salt evaporation ponds, which are artificial). A salt pan forms by evaporation of a water pool, such as a lake or pond. This happens in climates where the rate of water evaporation exceeds the rate of that is, in a desert. If the water cannot drain into the ground, it remains on the surface until it evaporates, leaving behind minerals precipitated from the salt ions dissolved in the water. Over thousands of years, the minerals (usually salts) accumulate on the surface. These minerals reflect the sun's rays (through radiation) and often appear as white areas. Salt pans can be dangerous. The crust of salt can conceal a quagmire of mud that can engulf a truck. The Qattara Depression in the eastern Sahara Desert contains many such traps which served as strategic barriers during World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Campos Province
Daniel Campos is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. It is named after the poet Daniel Campos who originated from this area. The capital of the province is Llica. Location Daniel Campos province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 19° 25' and 20° 50' South and between 66° 49' and 68° 47' West. It borders Oruro Department in the north, the Republic of Chile in the west, Nor Lípez Province in the south, and Antonio Quijarro Province in the east. The province extends over 240 km from east to west and 180 km from north to south. Geography The province is situated in the salt flats of the southern Altiplano, more than 65% of the province being covered by Salar de Uyuni. Salar de Uyuni is situated at an average level of 3,657 m amsl, the highest point of the province is Tutuni ''(Alto Totoni)'' (5,740 m) in the Cordillera Sillaguay on the Chilean border. The climate is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahua Municipality
Tahua Municipality is the second municipal section of the Daniel Campos Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tahua. Geography Tahua Municipality lies in the Altiplano at the Uyuni salt flat. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: * Ch'iyar Qullu * Jisk'a Wat'a * Lluqu Lluqu * Muruq'u Qullu * Wila Qullu * Wila Wilani Subdivision The municipality consists of the following cantons: * Ayque * Cacoma * Caquena * Coqueza * Tahua * Yonza The people The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive) See also * Inkawasi Island * Isla del Pescado Isla del Pescado, Isla de los Pescadores or Cujiri is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land in the middle of Salar de Uyuni – a Salt pan (geology), salt flat situated in the Daniel Campos Province, Tahua Municipality, Caquena Canton, Bolivia. The l ... References External links Tahua Municipality: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caquena Canton
Caquena is one of the cantons of the Tahua Municipality, the second municipal section of the Daniel Campos Province in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. During the census of 2001 it had 325 inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia (Spanish) Its seat is Caquena, situated at the and west of Tunupa volcano. See also *Isla del Pescado
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Incahuasi Island
Isla Incahuasi, Inkawasi or Inka Wasi (Spanish ''Isla'' island, Quechua ''Inka'', Inca ''wasi'' house,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "Inca house") is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land and former island in Bolivia situated in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, at an elevation of . It is located in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Tahua Municipality, Yonza Canton. Incahuasi has a total area of and hosts gigantic cacti ('' Trichocereus pasacana'') and a tourist center. There are unusual and fragile coral-like structures and deposits that often consist of fossils and algae. The place is the top of the remains of an ancient volcano, which was submerged when the area was part of a giant prehistoric lake, roughly 40,000 years ago. See also * Isla del Pescado, a neighbouring "island" * Uyuni Uyuni (Aymara, ''uyu'' pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, ''-ni'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uyuni
Uyuni (Aymara, ''uyu'' pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a pen", "the one with a pen") is a city in the southwest of Bolivia. Uyuni primarily serves as a gateway for tourists visiting the world's largest salt flats, the nearby Uyuni salt flat. Each year the city receives approximately 60,000 visitors from around the globe. The city also acts as a gateway for commerce and traffic crossing into and out of Bolivia from and to Chile, and there is a customs and immigration post downtown. Agriculture in the area is generally limited to quinoa, llamas, and sheep. Founded in 1890 as a trading post, the city has a population of 29,672 (2012 official census). The town has an extensive street-market. It lies at the edge of an extensive plain at an elevation of above sea level, with more mountainous country to the east. Transport It is an important transport hub, being the location of a major railway junction. Four lines join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of Bolivia
The following are lists of the islands of South America by country. Argentina Atlantic Ocean islands *'' Isla Apipé'' *''Isla Bermejo'' *''Isla de los Estados'' *'' Isla de San Martín'' *''Isla del Cerrito'' *''Isla Martín García'' *'' Isla Trinidad (Buenos Aires)'' * Patagonic Archipelago **'' Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego'' ***''Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego'' (divided with Chile) ***''Isla de los Estados'' ***''Islas Malvinas, Georgias y Sandwich del Sur'' Lake islands *''Isla Huemul'' *''Isla Victoria'' River islands *Islands of the Paraná River delta **'' Islas del Ibicuy'' Bolivia Bolivia is a landlocked country with no ocean islands. Lake islands *''Isla del Pescado'' (Incahuasi Island) *''Isla del Sol'' *''Isla de la Luna'' Brazil Atlantic Ocean islands *'' Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha'' *''Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo'' (Saint Peter and Paul Rocks) *''Atol das Rocas'' (Rocas Atoll) *'' Ilha de Boipeba'' *'' Ilha de Maraca' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
