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CHINCHA ISLANDS

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 231 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHINCHA ISLANDS , three small islands in the Pacific Ocean; about 12 M. from the See also:

coast of See also:Peru (to which See also:country they belong), opposite the See also:town of Pisco, and rob m. distant from See also:Callao, in 13° 38' S., 76° 28' W. The largest of the See also:group, known as the See also:North See also:Island or See also: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 See also:sea in precipitous cliffs, worn into countless caves and hollows, which furnish convenient resting-places for the sea-See also:fowl. Their highest points attain afl See also:elevation of 113 ft. The islands have yielded a few remains of the Chincha See also:Indian See also:race. They were formerly noted for vast deposits of See also:guano, and its export was begun by the Peruvian See also:government in 184o. The See also:supply, however, was exhausted in 1874. In 1853—1854 the Chincha Islands were the See also:chief See also:object in a contest known as the Guano See also:War between See also:President Echenique and See also:General Castilla; and in See also:April 1864 they were seized by the See also:Spanish See also:rear-See also:admiral See also:Pinzon in See also:order to bring the Peruvian government to apologize for its treatment of Spanish immigrants.

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