Sherbro Island

Sherbro Island is in the Atlantic Ocean, and is included within , , . The island is separated from the African mainland by the Sherbro River in the north and Sherbro Strait in the east.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Sierra Leone
  • Also known as: Sherborough Island

Sherbro Island

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
Geo­Names ID
2403864
Wiki­data ID
Q2001267
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“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
  • Finnish: Sherbron saari
  • French: île Bonthe
  • French: Île Bonthe
  • French: Île des Sherbros
  • Galician: Illa Sherbro
  • German: Bonthe Island
  • German: Bonthe-Insel
  • German: Sherbro Island
  • German: Sherbro
  • Indonesian: Pulau Sherbro
  • Italian: Bonthe
  • Italian: Isola di Bonthe
  • Italian: Sherbro
  • Japanese: シェルブロ島
  • Lithuanian: Šerbro sala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sherbro
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sherbroøya
  • Norwegian: Sherbroøya
  • Polish: Bonthe Island
  • Polish: Sherbro Island
  • Portuguese: Ilha Sherbro
  • Russian: Шербро
  • Spanish: Isla Sherbro
  • Spanish: Sherbro Island

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