Devil’s Island
The penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil's Island, was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana.
- Islet
- …lies at an elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
- Description: island and former penal colony in French Guiana
- Also known as“Diable Island”“Île du Diable”“Teufels Insel”“The penal colony of Cayenne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint-Joseph Island and Maison d’Alfred Dreyfus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale.
Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale
Neighborhood
Devil’s Island
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- Location
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Latitude
5.29376° or 5° 17′ 38″ north
Longitude
-52.58304° or 52° 34′ 59″ west
Open location code
68Q97CV8+GQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Devil’s 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”
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Notable Places Nearby
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French Guiana: Highlights
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