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The Afromontane archipelago mostly follows the East African Rift from the Red Sea to Zimbabwe, with the largest areas in the Ethiopian Highlands, the Albertine Rift Mountains of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania, and the Eastern Arc highlands of Kenya and Tanzania.
Satellite imagery of Peru Topographic map of Peru Political map of Peru Vegetation of Peru. Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator.
It comprises two main islands, Independencia and Cachimbo, separated by a channel 36 m wide, along with several reefs, rocks and islets. It is part of Peru's Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System, and has a history of guano extraction. 1910 photo of Peruvian pelican colony on Lobos de Afuera Map of the archipelago
An enlargeable map of Peru. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Peru: Peru – country located in western South America, on the Pacific Coast, north of Chile. Peruvian territory was home to several ancient cultures.
This is a list of the thirty-seven 6000 metre peaks in Peru as defined by a regain height, or prominence, above a col of 300m or more. This list is taken from the full set of Peruvian IGM maps [ 1 ] alongside various climbing and mountaineering records.
According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions (Spanish: regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru.Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments (departamentos) but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.
Afromontane forests (19 P) Albertine Rift montane forests (2 C, 27 P) C. Cameroonian Highlands forests (1 C, 15 P) E. East African montane forests (23 P)
This an alphabetical list of islands in Peru with an area larger than 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi). [1] Amantaní (9.3 km²) Anapia Island (3.4 km²) Asia Island (1.5 km²) Blanca Island (4.0 km²) Caana Island (1.2 km²) Chirita Islands (4,8 km²) Correa Island (4.6 km²) Frontón Island (1.0 km²) Ferrol Island (1.6 km²) Guañape Islands ...