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Tombelaine

Tombelaine is a small tidal island off the coast of Normandy in . It lies a few kilometres north of Mont Saint-Michel. At low tide, the island can be reached on foot from the coast of Cotentin, 3.5 kilometres to the northeast, and from Mont Saint-Michel.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: tidal island in Manche, Mont Saint-Michel Bay, France
  • Also known as: “Tombelaine Island” and “Tombelaine Islet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mont Saint-Michel De Coulon and Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey.

Islet
Photo: Lynx1211, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an islet.

Church
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an abbey located within the city and of in Normandy, in the department of Manche. The abbey is an essential part of the structural composition of the town the feudal society constructed.

Museum
Photo: EdouardHue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mont Saint-Michel and Bacilly.

Photo: ines s., CC BY 2.0.
is a small UNESCO World Heritage site on an island just off the coast near in the departmentof of in northern .

Village
Photo: To-old, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in northwestern .

Village
Photo: GO69, CC0.
is a commune in the department in the region in northwestern France. Andrés de Santa Cruz died there in 1865.

Tombelaine

Latitude
48.66025° or 48° 39′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.5132° or 1° 30′ 48″ west
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8CWWMF6P+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4540825
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2972488
Wiki­data ID
Q1020145
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Tombelaine” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tombelaine”
  • Catalan: “Tombelaine”
  • Chinese: “通布莱讷岛”
  • Czech: “Tombelaine”
  • Dutch: “Tombelaine”
  • Esperanto: “Tombelaine”
  • French: “île de Tombelaine”
  • French: “îlot de Tombelaine”
  • French: “Tombelaine”
  • German: “Tombelaine”
  • Italian: “Isola di Tombelaine”
  • Italian: “Isolotto di Tombelaine”
  • Italian: “Tombelaine”
  • Japanese: “トンベラーヌ”
  • Russian: “Томбелен”
  • Spanish: “Tombelaine”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as l’île aux moustiques and La Vachère.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ancien Château Tombelaine and Tour.

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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 “Tombelaine”. Photo: Nitot, CC BY-SA 3.0.