Tiwai Island
Tiwai Island is a river island and wildlife sanctuary in Sierra Leone. In 2025 it was listed as a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site together with nearby Gola Rainforest National Park.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (370 feet)
- Description: protected area
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
7.5456° or 7° 32′ 44″ north
Longitude
-11.3497° or 11° 20′ 59″ west
Open location code
6CVCGMW2+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Tiwai Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “illa Tiwai”
- Danish: “Tiwaiøen”
- Finnish: “Tiwai-saari”
- Finnish: “Tiwai”
- French: “Île Tiwai”
- Galician: “Illa de Tiwai”
- German: “Tiwai”
- Hebrew: “טיוואי (סיירה לאון)”
- Hebrew: “טיוואי”
- Italian: “Tiwai”
- Lithuanian: “Tivajaus sala”
- Maltese: “Gżira ta’ Tiwai”
- Maltese: “Tiwai”
- Polish: “Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary”
- Polish: “Tiwai Island”
- Polish: “Tiwai”
- Polish: “Wyspa Tiwai”
- Portuguese: “Tiwai”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gola-Tiwai”
- Spanish: “Isla Tiwai”
- Turkish: “Tiwai Adası”
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