The Chincha Islands are a group of three small islands 21 kilometers off the southwest coast of Peru, near the town of Pisco. Since pre-Incan times they have been valued for their extensive guano deposits, though the supplies were mostly exhausted by 1874.
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The Chincha Islands (Spanish: Islas Chincha) are a group of three small islands 21 kilometres (13 mi; 11 nmi) off the southwest coast of Peru, to which they belong, near the town of Pisco.
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