Sherbro Island
Sherbro Island is in the Atlantic Ocean, and is included within Bonthe District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone. The island is separated from the African mainland by the Sherbro River in the north and Sherbro Strait in the east.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sierra Leone
- Also known as: “Bonthe”, “Bonthe Island”, “Bonthe-Insel”, “Île des Sherbros”, “Isola di Bonthe”, “Sherborough Island”, and “Sherbron saari”
Sherbro Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Southern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.56331° or 7° 33′ 48″ north
Longitude
-12.66226° or 12° 39′ 44″ west
Population
45,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
6CV9H87Q+83
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Sherbro Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sherbro Island”
- Cebuano: “Sherbro Island”
- Chinese: “歇尔布罗岛”
- Chinese: “歇爾布羅島”
- Danish: “Sherbroøen”
- Dutch: “Sherbro Island”
- Finnish: “Sherbro”
- French: “île Bonthe”
- French: “Île Bonthe”
- Galician: “Illa Sherbro”
- German: “Sherbro”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Sherbro”
- Italian: “Sherbro”
- Japanese: “シェルブロ島”
- Lithuanian: “Šerbro sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sherbroøya”
- Norwegian: “Sherbroøya”
- Polish: “Sherbro Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Sherbro”
- Russian: “Шербро”
- Somali: “Jasiiradda Sherbro”
- Spanish: “Isla Sherbro”
- Urdu: “شیربرو آئی لینڈ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Fehun and Balalo.
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Highlights: Jamaica Point and Macauley Island.
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