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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.
Temple on Isla del Sol (as seen in 1887) where the mummified body of Manco Cápac came to rest. Manqu Qhapaq died of a natural death and left his son, Sinchi Roca, as his successor in Cusco. His body was mummified and remained in the city until the reign of Pachacuti, who ordered its removal to the Temple of the Sun on Isla del Sol. In Cusco ...
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.
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
Pillkukayna [1] (other spellings Pilco Kayna, Pilcocayna, Pilko Kaina, Pilkokaina, Pillco Kayma) is an archaeological site on the shore of the island of Isla del Sol in the southern part of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. [2] It is situated in the La Paz Department, Manco Kapac Province, Copacabana Municipality. [3]
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Isla de la Luna and Cordillera Real. Isla de la Luna is situated east from the bigger Isla del Sol. Both islands belong to the La Paz Department of Bolivia. According to legends that refer to Inca mythology Isla de la Luna (Spanish for "island of the moon") is where Viracocha commanded the rising of the moon. Ruins of a supposed Inca nunnery ...
Isla Guafo; Isla Lemuy; Isla Quinchao; Archipiélago de las Guaitecas; Archipiélago Guayaneco; Archipiélago Juan Fernández (also considered part of Oceania) Isla Alejandro Selkirk; Isla Robinsón Crusoe; Isla Santa Clara; Islote Juananga; Isla Chañaral; Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) (also considered part of Oceania) Isla del Rey; Isla ...