Roshgun Island
The Island of Limacos or Island of Caracoles, known in Spanish in the 16th century as Risgol and in French as Île de Rachgoun is an Algerian islet located near the North African coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Algeria
- Also known as: “Île Leila”, “Ile Rachgoun”, “Island of Limacos”, “Rachgoun Island”, and “Rashgun Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rachgoun and Béni Saf.
Rachgoun
Village
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rachgoun is a town in northwestern Algeria, in the district of Béni-Saf. It is a small coastal village at the mouth of the Tafna wadi, 7 km west of the commune capital and facing its eponymous island - Rachgoun Island - located 2 km offshore.
Béni Saf
Town
Photo: Menerite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beni Saf is a town in northwestern Algeria, about 80 kilometers southwest of Oran. The town was founded in 1876 as a shipping port for iron ore, which is mined just south of the town. Béni Saf is situated 9 km east of Roshgun Island.
Roshgun Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Aïn Témouchent Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.32185° or 35° 19′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.48034° or 1° 28′ 49″ westElevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
8C7W8GC9+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 4769730088OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Roshgun Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة رشقون”
- Arabic: “جزيرة ليلى”
- Arabic: “رشقون”
- Basque: “Bareen uhartea”
- Basque: “Limacos uhartea”
- Basque: “Rashgun uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Île Rachgoun”
- French: “ile de Rachgoun”
- French: “Ile de Rachgoun”
- French: “île de Rachgoun”
- French: “Île de Rachgoun”
- French: “ile Layella”
- French: “Ile Layella”
- Italian: “Isola di Rachgoun”
- Spanish: “Isla Limacos”
- Swedish: “Île Rachgoun”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Roshgun Island”. Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.