South America
French Guiana

Devils Island

The penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil's Island, was a penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the of .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: Cayenne’s Prison in French Guiana
  • Also known as: “Devil’s Island”, “Diable Island”, “Ile du Diable”, “Île du Diable”, “Teufels Insel”, and “The penal colony of Cayenne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint-Joseph Island and Maison d’Alfred Dreyfus.

Islet
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The Salvation Islands, sometimes mistakenly called the Safety Islands, are a group of small islands of volcanic origin about 11 kilometres off the coast of , 14 kilometres north of , in the Atlantic Ocean.

House
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is a house.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Devils Island

Latitude
5.29376° or 5° 17′ 38″ north
Longitude
-52.58304° or 52° 34′ 59″ west
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
68Q97CV8+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 71480027
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3381836
Wiki­data ID
Q220385
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Devils Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Cayenne-strafkolonie”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الشيطان”
  • Basque: “Deabruaren Uhartea”
  • Bosnian: “Đavolje ostrvo”
  • Bosnian: “Đavolji otok”
  • Bulgarian: “Дяволски остров”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Diable”
  • Cebuano: “Devils Island”
  • Chinese: “魔鬼岛”
  • Chinese: “魔鬼島”
  • Croatian: “Vražji otok”
  • Czech: “Ďábelský ostrov”
  • Czech: “Île du Diable”
  • Danish: “Devil’s Island”
  • Danish: “Djævleøen”
  • Dutch: “Duivelseiland (eiland)”
  • Dutch: “Duivelseiland”
  • Dutch: “Ile du Diable”
  • Dutch: “Île du Diable”
  • Esperanto: “Diabloinsulo”
  • Estonian: “Kuradisaar”
  • Finnish: “Ile du Diable”
  • Finnish: “Île du Diable”
  • Finnish: “Pirunsaari”
  • French: “île du Diable”
  • French: “Île du Diable”
  • Galician: “Illa do Diaño”
  • German: “Île du Diable”
  • German: “Teufelsinsel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος του Διαβόλου”
  • Hebrew: “אי השדים”
  • Hungarian: “Île du Diable”
  • Hungarian: “Ördög-sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Ördögsziget”
  • Icelandic: “Djöflaeyja”
  • Indonesian: “Île du Diable”
  • Indonesian: “Île Royale”
  • Indonesian: “Île Saint-Joseph”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Setan”
  • Italian: “Isola del Diavolo”
  • Japanese: “ディアブル島”
  • Japanese: “デビルズ島”
  • Japanese: “悪魔島”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Sétan”
  • Kashubian: “Diôbli Òstrów”
  • Korean: “악마섬”
  • Korean: “악마의 섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Velnio sala”
  • Malayalam: “Devil’s Island”
  • Malayalam: “Devils Island”
  • Malayalam: “ചെകുത്താന്റെ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഡെവിൾസ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Djeveløya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Djevleøya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Djevleøyen”
  • Norwegian: “Djevleøya”
  • Persian: “جزیره شیطان (گویان)”
  • Persian: “جزیره شیطان”
  • Polish: “Ile du Diable”
  • Polish: “Île du Diable”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Diabelska”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Diabo”
  • Romanian: “Insula Diavolului”
  • Russian: “Диабль (Остров Дьявола)”
  • Russian: “Остров Дьявола”
  • Russian: “Чёртов остров”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Đavolji otok”
  • Slovak: “Diabolský ostrov”
  • Spanish: “Ile du Diable”
  • Spanish: “Île du Diable”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Diablo”
  • Swedish: “Djävulsön”
  • Swedish: “Île du Diable”
  • Turkish: “Şeytan Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Диявола”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ شیطان”
  • Venetian: “Ìxoła del Diaoło”
  • Venetian: “Ìzoła del Diaoło”
  • Yiddish: “טייוול אינזל”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pointe des Cailles and Pointe de Trinidad.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ancienne porcherie and Quai Legoff.

French Guiana: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Cayenne, Kourou, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, and Saint-Georges.

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