Strait of Tiquina
The Strait of Tiquina ( Spanish Estrecho de Tiquina ) is a bottleneck in Lake Titicaca on the Altiplano in Bolivia , which connects the northern main part of the lake, Lake Chucuito , with the southern part of the lake, Lake Wiñaymarka .
The Strait of Tiquina is 800 meters wide and has a minimum water depth of 21 meters. It is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Pedro de Tiquina in the province of Manco Kapac in the La Paz department . The Strait of Tiquina is crossed by the Ruta 2 highway , which connects the metropolis of La Paz with the Copacabana Peninsula .
The waterway is crossed by the only public ferry in Bolivia between the two villages of San Pablo de Tiquina in the southeast and San Pedro de Tiquina . To cross the road, the vehicles are transported individually with fragile-looking ferry boats (see photo), bus travelers have to leave their buses and are transported on passenger ferry boats, while the buses are loaded onto bus ferries. The crossing over the Strait of Tiquina takes about 15 to 20 minutes and costs 1.50 bolivianos for people and 30 bolivianos for vehicles (as of May 2011)
Considerations to cross the narrowness with a road bridge are always nourished if one of the transport boats has an accident while crossing the waterway, as was the case in January 2011, when the governor of the La Paz department, César Cocario, took up this idea again.
Individual evidence
- ↑ San Pedro de Tiquina (Estrecho). Gobierno Autónomo Departamental de La Paz ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2011
Web links
- Lago Titicaca - Caracteristicas Fisicas del Lago Titicaca ( Spanish )
- San Pedro de Tiquina (Estrecho). Gobierno Autónomo Departamental de La Paz
- César Cocarico acelerará construcción de puente sobre estrecho de Tiquina In: eabolivia, January 25, 2011 ( Spanish )