Lago Menor o Huiñamarca Perú Bolivia Satelital map 68

Taraco is a peninsula jutting into

Lake Wiñaymarka A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

, the southern branch of

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, ...

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. It is located in the La Paz Department,

Ingavi Province Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841 and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated. During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province was f ...

Tiwanaku Municipality Tiwanaku Municipality is the third municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is the village of Tiwanaku located near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tiwanaku. Cantons The municipality is divided int ...

, Taraco Canton. There is also a town of the same name on the peninsula. As with many place names in the Titicaca Basin, a corresponding

Taraco District Taraco District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.59%) learnt ...

also exists on the

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vian, northern side of the lake in the

Huancané Province Huancané Province (from Aymara Wanqani , meaning "the one with big stones") is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Huancané. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Khawayuni at appr ...

Puno Puno (Aymara and qu, Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was establish ...

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Map of Ingavi Province showing the Taraco Peninsula
Peninsulas of Bolivia Lake Titicaca Landforms of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub

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