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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR |
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CHINCHA ISLANDS , three small islands in the Pacific Ocean; about 12 M. from the coast
Island or Isla del Norte, is only four-fifths of a mile in length, and about a third in breadth. They are of granitic formation, and rise from the sea in precipitous cliffs, worn into countless caves and hollows, which furnish convenient resting-places for the sea-fowl. Their highest points attainafl elevation
supply , however, was exhausted in 1874. In 18531854 the Chincha Islands were the chief
object
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