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The Islas Ballestas are an archipelago in the district of Paracas in the province of Pisco in the region of Ica in Peru. It is located about 20 kilometers west of the city of Pisco and 300 kilometers south of the capital Lima in the Pacific.
The archipelago consists of the three islands Ballestas Norte, Ballestas Centro and Ballestas Sur (also Isla Piedra Redonda) and several small rocks.
The Ballestas Islands are part of the Paracas Nature Reserve and offer an insight into the life of the pelicans and the cormorants among many other seabirds. The penguins and sea lions, who also live on the Ballestas Islands and found especially good living conditions there, are especially fascinating.
Die Islas Ballestas sind eine Inselgruppe im Distrikt Paracas der Provinz Pisco in der Region Ica in Peru. Sie liegt etwa 20 Kilometer westlich der Stadt Pisco und 300 Kilometer südlich der Hauptstadt Lima im Pazifik.
Die Inselgruppe besteht aus den drei Inseln Ballestas Norte, Ballestas Centro und Ballestas Sur (auch Isla Piedra Redonda) sowie mehreren kleinen Felsen.
Die Ballestas Inseln sind ein Teil vom Naturschutzgebiet Paracas und bieten Ihnen einen Einblick in das Leben der Pelikane und der Kormorane neben vielen weiteren Seevögeln. Besonders faszinierend sind aber auch die Pinguine und die Seelöwen, die ebenfalls auf den Ballestas Inseln leben und dort besonders gute Lebensbedingungen angetroffen haben.
ÃŽles Ballestas, un cordon de fous de bassans s'envole d'une falaise. (2013)
Ballestas Islands, a string of crazy Bassano flies off a cliff. (2013)
The Ballestas Islands are a group of small islands near the town of Paracas, on the south coast of Peru. Composed largely of rock formations, These islands are an important sanctuary for marine fauna. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Ballestas)
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The Ballestas Islands form an important wildlife reserve, with over 160 species of marine birds, including Humboldt penguins, cormorants, boobies, pelicans and, occasionally condors. There is also animal life, including sea lions, seals, dolphins, whales and two endangered turtles. The islands are off the coast of the Paracas National Reserve, 240 km south of Lima and are a separate National Reserve by themselves.
The islands surrounding seas are rich in creel, and associated upper food chain fish. They provide a safe breeding ground for sea lions, pelicans and a large variety of bird life.
It is not allowed to disembark in the islands, but boats arrive until the banks of the islands.
The quantity of birds is particularly obvious from the huge amount of guano, covering the red rock of the islands with baked white clay - which, surprisingly enough, used to be Peru’s main industry, used extensively by Europeans for fertiliser. There are still a few guano factories on the islands, which guys live on for two months at a time like oil riggers.
Guano (originates from the Quichua language of the Inca civilization and means "the droppings of sea birds".) is the excrement (feces and urine) of seabirds, bats, and seals. Guano manure is an effective fertilizer and gunpowder ingredient due to its high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen and also its lack of odor. Superphosphate made from guano is used for aerial topdressing. Soil that is deficient in organic matter can be made more productive by addition of this manure.
Paracas, Peru is a small town on the coast. It lies in the Ica region, 152 miles from Lima.
The Ballestas Islands are a group of small islands near the town of Paracas within the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru.
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The Ballestas Islands are a group of small islands near the town of Paracas located within the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru. Composed largely of rock formations and covering an estimated area of 0.12 km²