Galite Islands

The Galite Islands are a rocky group of islands of volcanic origin that belong to , northern . They are located 38 kilometres northwest of , the closest point of the Tunisian mainland coast, from which they are separated…
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 316 metres (1,037 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Galita Island”
  • Description: Tunisian archipelago
  • Also known as
    “Archipel De La Galite”
    “Île de La Galite”
    “Île Galite”
    “Isola Galite”
    “Jalta Island”
    “Jazīrat Jāliţah”

Galite Islands

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Latitude
37.52602° or 37° 31′ 34″ north
Longitude
8.92889° or 8° 55′ 44″ east
Open location code
8F9CGWGH+CH
Geo­Names ID
2469631
Wiki­data ID
Q513565

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In Other Languages

From Algerian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Galite Islands” goes by many names.
  • Algerian Arabic: “أرخبيل جالطة”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل جالطة”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل جالطه”
  • Arabic: “جالطه”
  • Arabic: “جزر جالطة”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة جالطة”
  • Armenian: “Գալիտե”
  • Catalan: “Djalita”
  • Cebuano: “La Galite”
  • Chinese: “格利特群島”
  • Czech: “Galite Islands”
  • Czech: “Galite”
  • Czech: “souostroví Galite”
  • Danish: “La Galite”
  • Dutch: “Galita”
  • Esperanto: “Galite-insuloj”
  • Finnish: “Galite-saaret”
  • French: “La Galite”
  • German: “Galite-Inseln”
  • Greek: “Νησιά Γκαλίτ”
  • Italian: “La Galite”
  • Japanese: “ガリテ諸島”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أرخبيل جالطة”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Galite”
  • Norwegian: “La Galite”
  • Polish: “Galite”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Galite”
  • Russian: “Галит (острова)”
  • Russian: “Галит”
  • Spanish: “Islas de la Galita”
  • Spanish: “Islas La Galite”
  • Turkish: “Calte Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Галіт”
  • Ukrainian: “Галіте”

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