Tristan Island
Tristan Island or the Île Tristan is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid Estuary off the French port of Douarnenez in south-western Brittany. It is only about 450 m long and 250 m wide but despite its small size, it has a rich history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Clipper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Phare de l’Île Tristan and Chapelle des Aviateurs.
Phare de l’Île Tristan
Lighthouse
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phare de l’Île Tristan is a lighthouse.
Cimetière marin de Tréboul
Cemetery
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cimetière marin de Tréboul is a cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tréboul and Douarnenez.
Douarnenez
Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Douarnenez, is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, northwestern France. It is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid River, an estuary on the southern shore of Douarnenez Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 kilometres north-west of Quimper.
Tristan Island
Latitude
48.10156° or 48° 6′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.33741° or 4° 20′ 15″ westElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8CWQ4M27+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 127085683OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2971652Wikidata ID
Q3090839
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Tristan Island” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Enez Tristan”
- Catalan: “illa Tristan”
- Cebuano: “Île Tristan”
- Chinese: “特里斯唐岛”
- Dutch: “Tristan Island”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Tristan”
- French: “Ile Tristan”
- French: “île Tristan”
- French: “Île Tristan”
- German: “Île Tristan”
- German: “Tristaninsel”
- Japanese: “トリスタン島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Tristan”
- Piemontese: “Ìsola Tristan”
- Welsh: “Enez Tristan”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jardin exotique and Fort Louis-Philippe.
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