Ticonata Island

Ticonata or Tikonata (possibly from Aymara tikuna a kind of worm or caterpillar, -ta a suffix, "from")[1][2] is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. It is located in the Puno Region, Puno Province, Capachica District, between the peninsula Capachica in the east and the island Amantani in the west.[3]

Ticonata
The island Ticonata and Lake Titicaca as seen from Ccotos, Capachica
Geography
LocationLake Titicaca, Puno Region
Administration
Peru

Sources
  1. aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2016-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Félix Layme Pairumani, Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara: tikuna - Gusano blanco de la tierra.
  2. Juan Carvajal Carvaja et al, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara, Español, Inglés: tikuna - gusano del maíz / maize caterpillar
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province (Puno Region) showing "Isla Ticonata"

15°38′54.5″S 69°47′15.8″W

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