Great Santa Cruz Island
Great Santa Cruz Island is a small inhabited island in Zamboanga City in the southern region of the Philippines that is famous for its pink coralline sand.Photo: Wowzamboangacity, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Santa Cruz Island.
Little Santa Cruz Island
Island
Little Santa Cruz Island is an island situated 3.5 kilometres south of downtown Zamboanga City, on the Basilan Strait in the Philippines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zamboanga City.
Zamboanga City
Photo: Wowzamboangacity, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zamboanga City is in the Mindanao region of the Philippines. Known as the "City of Flowers", it is now one of the most important and busiest port cities in the Philippines.
Great Santa Cruz Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Philippines
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.86545° or 6° 51′ 56″ northLongitude
122.06257° or 122° 3′ 45″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
6QR4V387+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 4261657OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
1712676Wikidata ID
Q5599924
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Satellite Map
Discover Great Santa Cruz Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tagalog—“Great Santa Cruz Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Santa Cruz Island”
- Dutch: “Great Santa Cruz Island”
- German: “Great Santa Cruz Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Gran Santa Cruz”
- Tagalog: “Great Santa Cruz”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Great Santa Cruz”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cosac and Rio Hondo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Masjid Hidaya and Great Sta. Cruz Island Pink Sand Beach.
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