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Puná Island. Puná Island ( Spanish: Isla Puná ), is an island just off the coast of southern Ecuador [1] at approximately 80 degrees west longitude and 3 degrees south latitude. It is located at the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, south of the mouth of the Guayas River and the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and chief port.
Isla Puná. Puná Island, island off the coast of southern Ecuador, at the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, opposite the mouth of the Guayas River. It is flanked by two channels, the Jambelí Channel on the east and the Morro Channel on the west, and has an area of approximately 330 square miles (855 square km). In the 16th century the island ...
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The Battle of Puná, a peripheral engagement of Francisco Pizarro 's conquest of Peru, was fought in April 1531 on the island of Puná (in the Gulf of Guayaquil) in Ecuador. Pizarro's conquistadors, boasting superior weaponry and tactical skill, decisively defeated the island's indigenous inhabitants. The battle marked the beginning of Pizarro ...
- April 1531
- Spanish victory
Puna Island. Puná Island is a large island off the coast of the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. It has a protected area of 855 square km., well known for its great mangroves and great biodiversity. The island was created by the accumulation of materials on a core formed by volcanic rocks. Puna island is an ecological reserve that houses many ...
Puná Island. Puná Island is located in the Gulf of Guayaquil at the mouth of western South America 's largest river system, which drains the fertile Guayas River basin. The island, 350 square miles in area, is characterized by extensive mangrove estuaries and a seasonally dry tropical forest which has been decimated since the colonial period.
The Battle of Puná, a peripheral engagement of Francisco Pizarro's conquest of Peru, was fought in April 1531 on the island of Puná (in the Gulf of Guayaquil) in Ecuador. Pizarro's conquistadors, boasting superior weaponry and tactical skill, decisively defeated the island's indigenous inhabitants.
Puná Island, is an island just off the coast of southern Ecuador at approximately 80 degrees west longitude and 3 degrees south latitude. It is located at the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, south of the mouth of the Guayas River and the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and chief port. It is bordered by Jambelí Channel on the east and Morro Channel on the west, both of which connect ...
