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Isla del Sol (Spanish for "Island of the Sun") is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of Bolivia, and specifically part of the La Paz Department. Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island with many eucalyptus trees. There are no motor vehicles or paved roads on the island.
View from the Isla del Sol to the Yampupata Península in the background and Chelleca island on the left View of the Yampupata Peninsula in the background with Isla del Sol ("sun island") in the foreground Map showing Isla del Sol, the Strait of Yampupata and Yampupata Peninsula in Lake Titicaca
Chinkana (Quechua for labyrinth) [1] is an archaeological site in Bolivia situated on the Isla del Sol, an island of Lake Titicaca. [2] It is located in the La Paz Department, Manco Kapac Province, Copacabana Municipality.
Isla de la Luna (translation: "Island of the Moon") is an island in La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is situated in Lake Titicaca , east of Isla del Sol ("Island of the Sun"). Legends in Inca mythology refer to the island as the location where Viracocha commanded the rising of the moon.
Santa Cruz del Islote (Spanish for: Santa Cruz of the Islet or Holy Cross of the Islet) is an artificial island located off the coast of Bolívar Department in Colombia, close to Tolú and Coveñas. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a part of the Archipelago of San Bernardo . [ 4 ]
Spain owned several Pacific islands as part of the Spanish East Indies.After its defeat in the Spanish–American War of 1898, it lost the Philippines. The German–Spanish Treaty (1899) sold the Carolinas, Marianas and Palau to the German Empire.
Satellite image of the island. Isla de la Juventud [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisla ðe la xuβenˈtuð]; English: Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Island).
An example of Canarian usage for a Spanish word is the verb fajarse ("to fight"). [19] In standard Castilian Spanish, the verb would be pelearse, while fajar exists as a non-reflexive verb related to the hemming of a skirt. The term of endearment socio is a very popular Canarian term.