Turtle Islet
Turtle Island is a name for Earth or North America, used by some American Indian peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on an oral history once common to the indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: traditional name for (North) America among some indigenous groups
- Also known as: “Turtle Island”
Turtle Islet
- Categories: continent, part of the world, synonym, World Turtle, human world, and landform
- Location: Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Turtle Islet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Turtle Islet” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կրիայի կղզի”
- Catalan: “Illa de la Tortuga”
- Chinese: “靈龜島”
- Dutch: “Schildpadeiland”
- Dutch: “Turtle Island”
- French: “Île de la Tortue”
- French: “Turtle Island”
- Irish: “Oileán an Turtair”
- Japanese: “タートル・アイランド”
- Russian: “Остров Черепахи”
- Spanish: “Isla de la Tortuga”
- Spanish: “Tortuga”
- Swedish: “Sköldpaddsön”
- Tatar: “Ташбака утравы”
- Turkish: “Kaplumbağa Adası (Yerli Amerikalı kültürü)”
- Turkish: “Kaplumbağa Adası”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Turtle Islet”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as North Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wheatley Islet and Hyde Channel.
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