Santa Rosa Island (Amazon River)
| Disputed island | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of Santa Rosa Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Colombia–Peru border |
| Coordinates | 4°13′26″S 69°57′43″W / 4.22389°S 69.96194°W |
| Administration | |
| District | Santa Rosa de Loreto |
| Claimed by | |
| Municipality | Leticia |
Santa Rosa, also known as Santa Rosa de Yavarí and Santa Rosa de Loreto, is a disputed river island located in the Strait of Nazareth, the easternmost part of the Amazon River in Colombian and Peruvian territory, and the southernmost limit of the Amazon Trapeze, which forms part of the Colombia–Peru border. It is located close to Tres Fronteras, the tripoint of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Its largest settlement is Santa Rosa de Yavarí.
It separated from Chinería Island around 1970 through a natural process of fluvial fragmentation. However, the channel that separated both islands has since dried up. The official position of the Peruvian Foreign Ministry is that the island no longer exists, but that it's part of Chinería Island.