Taraco

Taraco Peninsula in Lake Wiñaymarka, Lake Titicaca

Taraco is a peninsula jutting into Lake Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku Municipality, Taraco Canton. There is also a town of the same name on the peninsula.

As with many place names in the Titicaca Basin, a corresponding Taraco District also exists on the Peruvian, northern side of the lake in the Huancané Province in Puno.

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Coordinates: 16°27′00″S 68°52′00″W / 16.45°S 68.8667°W / -16.45; -68.8667

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