Ortac
Ortac is a small uninhabited islet about 5 kilometres west of the coast of Alderney near to the islet of Burhou. It measures roughly 50 by 70 metres, and rises 24 metres above the sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Burhou.
Little Burhou
Islet
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Burhou is a small island about 1.4 miles northwest of Alderney that is part of the Channel Islands. It has no permanent residents, and is a bird sanctuary, so landing there is banned from March 15 to August 1. Little Burhou is situated 3 km east of Ortac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Anne.
Saint Anne
Town
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Saint Anne is the main town of Alderney in the Channel Islands. Saint Anne is situated 6 km east of Ortac.
Ortac
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Channel Islands
- Categories: island, rock formation, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.72313° or 49° 43′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.29064° or 2° 17′ 26″ westOpen location code
8CXVPPF5+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 3404613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Ortac” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Ortac”
- Cebuano: “Ortac”
- Dutch: “Ortac”
- French: “Ortac”
- Hungarian: “Ortac”
- Italian: “Ortac”
- Japanese: “オータック島”
- Japanese: “オルタチ島”
- Javanese: “Ortac”
- Macedonian: “Ортак (остров)”
- Macedonian: “Ортак”
- Narom: “Ortac”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ortac”
- Polish: “Ortac”
- Portuguese: “Ortac”
- Romanian: “Insula Ortac”
- Russian: “Ортак”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ortac”
- Serbian: “Ortak”
- Serbian: “Ортак”
- Swedish: “Ortac”
- Ukrainian: “Ортак”
- Welsh: “Ortac”
- “Ortac”
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