Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is an island and county five miles off the southern coast of England. The island has long been an excellent place for an upmarket but traditional seaside holiday, with beaches and towns that were very popular in Victorian times.- Island
- …has 141,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 118 feet (36 metres)
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carisbrooke Castle and Newport Roman Villa.
Newport Roman Villa
Museum
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Newport Roman Villa was a Romano-British farmhouse constructed in 280 AD.
The Quay Arts
Theater building
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The Quay Arts Centre is located at the head of the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Wootton Bridge.
Isle of Wight
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
50.6795° or 50° 40′ 46″ north
Longitude
-1.2876° or 1° 17′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C2WMPH6+QW
GeoNames ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Isle of Wight” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Eiland Wight”
- Arabic: “وايت”
- Asturian: “Islla de Wight”
- Azerbaijani: “Vayt adası”
- Basque: “Wight”
- Breton: “Enez Wight”
- Bulgarian: “Уайт”
- Catalan: “Illa de Wight”
- Chinese: “怀特岛郡”
- Czech: “Wight”
- Dutch: “Wight”
- Esperanto: “Isle of Wight”
- Estonian: “Wight”
- Finnish: “Wightsaari”
- French: “Île de Wight”
- Galician: “Illa de Wight”
- German: “Isle of Wight”
- Greek: “Νήσος Γουάιτ”
- Hebrew: “האי וייט”
- Hindi: “आइल ऑफ़ वाइट”
- Hungarian: “Wight-sziget”
- Icelandic: “Wighteyja”
- Ido: “Insulo di Wight”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Wight”
- Irish: “Inis Iocht”
- Italian: “Isola di Wight”
- Japanese: “ワイト島”
- Jèrriais: “Wique”
- Korean: “아일오브와이트 주”
- Latin: “Vecta”
- Latvian: “Vaita”
- Lithuanian: “Vaito sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Insel Wight”
- Malay: “Pulau Wight”
- Manx: “Ellan Eeaght”
- Marathi: “आईल ऑफ वाइट”
- Norwegian: “Wight”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿiht”
- Persian: “جزیره وایت”
- Polish: “Wight”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Wight”
- Romanian: “Insula Wight”
- Russian: “Остров Уайт”
- Scots: “Isle o Wight”
- Serbian: “Острво Вајт”
- Sicilian: “Ìsula di Wight”
- Slovak: “Wight”
- Spanish: “Isla de Wight”
- Swedish: “Isle of Wight”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Wight”
- Turkish: “Wight Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Вайт”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Wight”
- Welsh: “Ynys Wyth”
- Yiddish: “אינזל פון ווייט”
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Notable Places Nearby
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