Nazca Lines Peru Map

Likewise, you will see various birds, such as a condor, a hummingbird, and a heron, as large as 3 soccer fields. Largely located in the arid desert of the pampas de jumana between the towns of nazca and palpa these huge geoglyphs have intrigued scientists and archaeologists since they were discovered by the american anthropologist, alfred kroeber in 1926. Compass can the lines be viewed from google maps?

430m / 1411feet barometric pressure: The first references of the nazca lines are from pedro cieza de león who saw the figures in the nasca desert in 1547. Around 70 are of humans, animals and plants, and these are perhaps the most exciting for visitors to observe.

The nazca lines / ˈ n æ z k ɑː / are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the nazca desert in southern peru.

Earth view is a collection of thousands of the most striking landscapes found in google earth. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 km (50 mi) between the towns of nazca and palpa on the pampas de jumana about 400 km south of lima. The enchanted and sometimes surreal landscapes. They extend over an area of nearly 190 square miles (500 square km).