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Île aux Cochons

Île aux Cochons, or Pig Island, is an uninhabited island in the subantarctic . With an area of 67 km2 it is the third largest island of the group. Administratively, it is part of the .
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Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Crozet archipelago
  • Also known as: “Groupe de l’Ouest”, “Hog Island”, “Ile aux Cochons”, “île aux Cochons”, “Île aux Cochons (Crozet)”, “Île Dauphine”, “Ile des Porcs”, “Îles des Porcs”, “L’île aux Cochons”, and “Pig Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mont Richard-Foy.

Peak
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is the highest mountain in the Île aux Cochons, , , Indian Ocean.

Île aux Cochons

Latitude
-46.10274° or 46° 6′ 10″ south
Longitude
50.23121° or 50° 13′ 52″ east
Elevation
591 metres (1,939 feet)
Open location code
4H5GV6WJ+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25576349
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
936342
Wiki­data ID
Q292234
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Satellite Map

Discover Île aux Cochons from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Île aux Cochons” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Île aux Cochons (Crozet)”
  • Afrikaans: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Іль-о-Кашон”
  • Belarusian: “Іль-о-Кашон”
  • Cebuano: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Chinese: “科雄島”
  • Croatian: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Czech: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Dutch: “Ile aux Cochons”
  • Dutch: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ال اوكس كوتشونس”
  • Esperanto: “Pork-Insulo”
  • French: “Ile aux Cochons”
  • French: “île aux Cochons”
  • French: “Île aux cochons”
  • French: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Galician: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Galician: “Illa dos Porcos”
  • German: “Ile aux Cochons”
  • German: “Île aux Cochons”
  • German: “Schweine-Insel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος των Χοίρων”
  • Hebrew: “אי החזיר”
  • Italian: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Macedonian: “Кошон”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa dei Pòrcs”
  • Russian: “Кошон”
  • Slovak: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Spanish: “Ile aux Cochons (Crozet)”
  • Spanish: “Île aux Cochons (Crozet)”
  • Spanish: “Ile aux Cochons”
  • Spanish: “Île aux Cochons”
  • Spanish: “Isla de los Cerdos”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Île aux Cochons”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.