Strange Places

See the Nazca Lines on Google Maps

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August 15, 2023

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Google Earth was introduced in 2005 and for the first time in human history the average person suddenly had access to the kind of satellite observation technology that had been restricted to NASA and government security agencies. Since then millions of people have used the software to study the surface of Planet Earth. A favourite subject has been the mysterious and enigmatic Nazca Lines of Peru.

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. As they are really only visible from a few hundred metres above the desert plateau, their origin and purpose have puzzled investigators for decades. Theories about the lines and geoglyphs have ranged from extra-terrestrial runways to water-sourcing religious ceremonies. Unfortunately, they have been hard to spot. To assist Google Earth travellers and to correct any incorrect maps, Imperidox has compiled the most accurate and complete list of Lines and geoglyphs, including interactive Google Maps and precise Google Earth ‘latitude and longitude’ coordinates.

#	NAME OF LINES OR GEOGLYPH	TOWN	GOOGLE EARTH COORDINATES	BEST DATE	BEST ALTITUDE

1.	ASTRONAUT / Nazca Astronaut (Spaceman / Priest)	Nazca	14 44’42.71″S 75 4’47.24″W	2010	+/- 750m
2.	BABY CONDOR (Dinosaur)		14 47’25.74″S 75 0’22.85″W	2010	+/- 670m
3.	CONDOR/ Nazca Condor (Big Hummingbird)	Nazca	14 41’50.09″S 75 7’34.59″W	2010	+/- 800
4.	DOG (Chien / Perro)		14 42’23.02″S 75 7’50.84″W	2010	+/- 620m
5.	El HOMBRE (The Man / Long Coat)	Palpa	14 33’22.16″S 75 10’7.66″W	2010	+/- 750m
6.	EL VIAJERO – West (Traveller / Mexican / Top Hat)	Palpa	14 35’36.63″S 75 12’17.41″W	2009	+/- 750m
7.	El VIAJERO – East (The Traveller)	Palpa	14 35’53.88″S 75 10’32.56″W	2005	+/- 700m
8.	FAMILY OF PARACAS (Nazca Family Group)	Palpa	14 35’31.88″S 75 12’11.11″W	2009	+/- 500m
9.	FERTILIDAD / Fertility (Old Woman)	Palpa	14 33’22.62″S 75 10’8.34″W	2010	+/- 700m
10.	FISH (Catfish)	Nazca	Image Not Visible
11.	FLAMINGO (Heron / Arum / Alcatraz	Nazca	14 41’8.49″S 75 6’49.18″W	2005	+/- 700m
12.	FLOWER (Spinner)		14 41’37.60″S 75 7’5.38″W	2010	+/- 650m
13.	FRIGATE BIRD – East (Guaney Bird)	Nazca	14 41’8.55″S 75 6’39.91″W	2010	+/- 700m
14.	FRIGATE BIRD – West (Guaney Bird)	Nazca	14 41’44.03″S 75 7’36.06″W	2010	+/- 690m
15.	HANDS (Hands Monster / Small Man)	Nazca	14 41’40.00″S 75 6’50.01″W	2010	+/- 850m
16.	HUMMINGBIRD – Kokos (Starburst)	Palpa	14 34’46.52″S 75 10’26.28″W	2010	+/-670m
17.	HUMMINGBIRD – Small	Nazca	14 41’31.59″S 75 8’55.90″W	2010	+/-700m
18.	HUMMINGBIRD – Palpa	Palpa	Coordinates Required
19.	IGUANA (Aligator) (Not Visible/ Damaged)	Nazca	14 41’25.35″S 75 6’57.75″W	N/A	N/A
20.	LA MUJER (The Woman)	Palpa	Coordinates Requires
21.	LIZARD – Gheko (Hard to see / Split by Road)	Nazca	14 41’34.47″S 75 6’49.67″W	2010	+/-750m
22.	LLAMAS (Very Small)	Nazca	14 42’29.95″S 75 9’3.45″W	2010	+/-560m
23.	LOBSTER (Located 2010 by Japanese	Nazca	Coordinates Unavailable
24.	MANDALA – Square (Compass / Star )		14 38’39.67″S 75 10’17.39″W	2010	+/-900m
25	MANDALA – Circles (Compass)	Nazca	14 38’38.72″S 75 10’15.71″W	2010	+/-720m
26	MONKEY/ New World Monkey (El Mono / Singe)	Nazca	14 42’24.93″S 75 8’18.40″W	2010	+/-730m
27.	MONSTER – Palpa Monster (Shark II)	Palpa	14 31’26.91″S 75 11’58.93″W	2009	+/-750m
28.	MUSHROOM (Partial Bird)		14 41’52.67″S 75 8’7.11″W	2010	+/-680
29.	NEEDLES (Nazca Town Zigzag)	Nazca	14 50’11.80″S 74 54’6.90″W	2010	+/-1.5km
30.	ORCA (Shark / Sea Monster)		14 40’42.80″S 75 5’53.97″W	2010	+/-950m
31.	PARROT / Le Perroquet (Ant / Dragonfly / Loro)	Nazca	14 41’21.95″S 75 6’26.81″W	2010	+/-1.1km
32.	PELICAN – North (Eagle & Trident)	Palpa	Coordinates Required
33.	PELICAN – South (Often confused with Condor & Flamingo)	Nazca	Coordinates Required
34.	SEAWEED – 1 Example of 5 (Sea Plant / Agae)		14 41’24.13″S 75 7’21.71″W	2010	+/-1km
35.	SHELLS / Sea Shells (Delta / Wing)	Nazca	14 40’49.20″S 75 6’1.73″W	2010	+/-830m
36.	SPIDER (Arana / Araignee / Spion)		14 41’38.88″S 75 7’20.57″W	2010	+/-700m
37.	SPIRAL – Primary Large	Nazca	14 41’17.77″S 75 7’21.93″W	2010	+/-830m
38.	SPIRAL – Primary Small	Nazca	14 41’22.71″S 75 8’17.91″W	2010	+/-710m
39.	SPIRAL IN SQUARE	Nazca	14 39’27.31″S 75 6’52.84″W	2010	+/-720m
40.	SPIRAL & DIVIDERS		14 41’19.55″S 75 6’57.64″W	2010	+/-1.5km
41.	SPIRALS – INTERLINKED (Infinity)	Palpa	14 31’7.60″S 75 11’23.00″W	2010	+/-815m
42.	SPIRAL – Tears (Tears of the Nazca)		14 50’19.48″S 74 55’2.99″W	2010	+/-850m
43.	STAR (Fan / Starburst)	Nazca	14 41’27.64″S 75 8’40.80″W	2010	+/-700m
44.	TRAPEZOIDS – Famous		14 47’53.51″S 75 3’21.38″W	2010	+/-1.5km
45.	TREE (Huarango Tree / Tree of Life)	Nazca	14 41’37.83″S 75 6’51.79″W	2010	+/-750m
46.	TUMI – KNIFE (Arrow / sword)	Palpa	14 31’57.84″S 75 12’46.51″W	2010	+/-700m
47.	STRANGE SYMBOLS (Unlisted Geoglyphs)	Palpa	14 38’30.73″S 75 5’50.20″W	2010	+/-950m
48.	WHALE (Ballena)		14 49’0.03″S 74 59’40.89″W	2010	+/-780m

GRAFFITI (NAZCA & PALPA) Samples Only

1.	APRA 85	Palpa	14 31’30.40″S 75 11’49.62″W	2010	+/- 750m
2.	COG – East	Palpa	14 31’52.37″S 75 10’10.41″W	2010	+/- 870m
3.	COG – West	Palpa	14 31’50.49″S 75 12’32.84″W	2010	+/- 800
4.	NARANJA / Logo	Palpa	14 31’15.37″S 75 11’10.34″W	2010	+/- 620m
5.	PEACE SYMBOL	Nazca	14 40’7.14″S 75 7’56.37″W	2010	+/- 750m