Skeldon
Skeldon is a small town in eastern coastal Guyana, on the estuary of the Corentyne River, which forms Guyana's border with Suriname. As of 2012, it had a population of 2,275. Skeldon and Springlands have been administratively merged into Corriverton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Wernham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 5,860 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Number 80”, “Skeldon Place”, and “Skeldon, Guyana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corriverton and Crabwood Creek.
Corriverton
Town
Corriverton is the easternmost town in Guyana. It lies at the mouth of the Corentyne River, opposite Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname, to which it is linked by ferry from South Drain. Corriverton is situated 3 km north of Skeldon.
Crabwood Creek
Town
Crabwood Creek is a small community on the Corentyne River in the East Berbice–Corentyne region of Guyana. The population of 4,459 people as of 2012 and primarily Indo-Guyanese. Crabwood Creek is situated 3½ km south of Skeldon.
Moleson Creek
Hamlet
Moleson Creek is a community on the Corentyne River in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana, and home to the Guyana-Suriname ferry stelling. It is north of Orealla Mission, 10 km south of Corriverton, and approximately 90 km from New Amsterdam. Moleson Creek is situated 10 km south of Skeldon.
Skeldon
- Category: human settlement
- Location: East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana, South America
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Volapük—“Skeldon” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Скелдон”
- Cebuano: “Skeldon”
- Dutch: “Skeldon”
- French: “Skeldon”
- German: “Skeldon”
- Irish: “Skeldon”
- Italian: “Skeldon”
- Kazakh: “Скелдон”
- Korean: “스켈던”
- Lithuanian: “Skeldonas”
- Polish: “Skeldon”
- Portuguese: “Skeldon”
- Russian: “Скелдон”
- Swedish: “Skeldon”
- Ukrainian: “Скелдон”
- Volapük: “Skeldon”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Skeldon”. Photo: John Wernham, CC BY-SA 2.0.