Magaruque Island
Magaruque Island, formerly Ilha Santa Isabel, is part of the Bazaruto Archipelago, off the coast of Mozambique. It is located 5.6 kilometres south of Benguerra Island, and 9.9 kilometres east of Ponta Chuè on the mainland of Mozambique.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Mozambique
- Historically known as: “Ilha Santa Isabel”, “Santa Isabel Island”, and “Xeqine Island”
Magaruque Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Inhambane Province, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-21.9701° or 21° 58′ 12″ south
Longitude
35.42721° or 35° 25′ 38″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
IATA airport code
MFW
United Nations Location Code
MZ MFW
Open location code
5GCQ2CHG+XV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Magaruque Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illa de Magaruque”
- Cebuano: “Ilha Santa Isabel”
- Chinese: “馬卡魯克島”
- Chinese: “马卡鲁克岛”
- Dutch: “Magaruque Island”
- French: “Magaruque”
- German: “Ilha Santa Isabel”
- German: “Magaruque Insel”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Magaruque”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Maráruque”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Santa Isabel” (historical)
- Spanish: “Isla Magaruque”
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Highlights include Magarugue Beach and Aeroporto de Magaruque.
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