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<< Our Photo Pages >> Suriki Island - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Bolivia

Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 19 October 2008  Page Views: 7780

Multi-periodSite Name: Suriki Island Alternative Name: Suriqi, Suriqui
Country: Bolivia
NOTE: This site is 30.074 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: La Paz  Nearest Village: Pampa
Latitude: 16.3042S  Longitude: 68.7634W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Suriki Island submitted by davidmorgan : These boatmen made Thor Heyerdahl's Ra II. They still use these reed craft for fishing on Lake Titicaca. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The craftsmen from this island built Thor Heyerdahl's reed boat Ra II which successfully crossed the Atlantic.


They've been making these boats for millennia.
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