Central Africa
Angola
Luanda Province

Loanda Island

Ilha do Cabo typically known as Ilha de Luanda is a spit off the shore of , the capital of , a country on the continents' southwestern coast.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: spit off the shore of Luanda, Angola
  • Also known as: “Cape Island”, “Ilha de Loanda”, “Ilha de Luanda”, “Ilha do Cabo”, and “Luanda Island”
  • Address: Luanda

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortress of São Miguel and Iron Palace.

Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a fortress built in 1576 in the District of Luanda, Angola. During Dutch rule in Angola between 1641 and 1648, the fort was known as Fort Aardenburgh.

Museum
Photo: Zorglub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palácio de Ferro is a historical building in the capital , believed to have been designed and built by – or by someone associated with – Gustave Eiffel, builder of the world-famous icons, the in Paris and the in New York City.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola is located in the District of the city of , . Established in 1938, it is the only museum of natural history in Angola.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maianga and Sambizanga.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the , Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts.

Suburb
is one of the six urban districts that make up the , in the , Angola.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the capital of , is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.

Loanda Island

Latitude
-8.79165° or 8° 47′ 30″ south
Longitude
13.23717° or 13° 14′ 14″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
6F3M665P+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 530355732
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­island
Geo­Names ID
2240446
Wiki­data ID
Q607494
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Satellite Map

Discover Loanda Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Loanda Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة لواندا”
  • Cebuano: “Ilha de Luanda”
  • Chinese: “罗安达岛”
  • Dutch: “Ilha de Luanda”
  • Dutch: “Kaakeiland”
  • French: “L’île du Cap”
  • French: “Île de Cabo” (historical)
  • French: “Île de Luanda” (historical)
  • French: “île du Cap” (historical)
  • German: “Ilha de Luanda”
  • German: “Ilha do Cabo”
  • German: “Kap-insel”
  • Hausa: “Ilha de Luanda”
  • Italian: “Isola del Capo”
  • Japanese: “岬島”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Cape”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Luanda”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Cabo”
  • Russian: “Остров Кейп-айленд”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Luanda”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Cabo”
  • Swedish: “Ilha de Luanda”
  • Ukrainian: “Луанда (острів)”
  • Ukrainian: “Луанда”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Casino Marinha and Igreja Nossa Senhora do Cabo.

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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 “Loanda Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.