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Isla de Las Palomas

Isla de Las Palomas is an island opposite the town of at the southern end of the at the southernmost point of the and continental Europe. The island has been connected to the mainland by causeway since 1808.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island opposite the town of Tarifa, Andalucia, Spain
  • Also known as: “Isla de Tarifa” and “Isla Junioas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lighthouse Tarifa and Tarifa Ferry Port.

Lighthouse
Photo: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Marina
Photo: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Port of Tarifa is a commercial harbor for fishing and passenger boats, located in the Andalusian town of . It is managed by the Port Authority of and is the closest European port to North Africa and on the main shipping route to in Morocco and .

Beach
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is a beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Punta de Tarifa and El Cuartón.

Locality
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is the southernmost point of the and Continental Europe. It is located in the and the autonomous community of on the Atlantic end of the .

Hamlet
is a village in the municipality of in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain. It is located 13.7 kilometres by road southwest of the city centre of , along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at , which is 9.7 kilometres away, and it lies just to the southwest of . is situated 10 km northeast of Isla de Las Palomas.

Isla de Las Palomas

Latitude
36.00297° or 36° 0′ 11″ north
Longitude
-5.60949° or 5° 36′ 34″ west
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8C8P293R+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 298605721
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bare_rock
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2567195
Wiki­data ID
Q5679744
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Isla de Las Palomas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة طريف”
  • Armenian: “Պալոմաս”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Las Palomas”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tarif adası”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Тарыф”
  • Belarusian: “Тарыф”
  • Bulgarian: “Тариф”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Las Palomas”
  • Cebuano: “Isla de Tarifa”
  • Chinese: “塔里法岛”
  • Czech: “Tarifa”
  • Dutch: “Isla de Las Palomas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايسلا د لاس پالوماس”
  • French: “Île de Tarifa”
  • German: “Isla de Las Palomas”
  • German: “Isla de Tarifa”
  • Hebrew: “איסלה דה לאס פאלומאס”
  • Hebrew: “איסלנד דה טריפה”
  • Russian: “Тариф”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Las Palomas”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Tarifa”
  • Swedish: “Isla de Tarifa”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cuartel Central de Infantería and Playa Isla de Las Palomas.

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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 “Isla de Las Palomas”. Photo: Insider, CC BY 3.0.