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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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Tunisian archipelago
  • Also known as: Archipel De La Galite”, “Île de La Galite”, “Île Galite”, “Isola Galite”, “Jalta Island”, and “Jazīrat Jāliţah
  • Historically known as: Galita Island

Galite Islands

Latitude
37.52602° or 37° 31′ 34″ north
Longitude
8.92889° or 8° 55′ 44″ east
Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)
Open location code
8F9CGWGH+CH
Geo­Names ID
2469631
Wiki­data ID
Q513565
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Satellite Map

Discover Galite Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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
  • 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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About Mapcarta. 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 “Galite Islands”. Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0.