Great Island
Great Island is one of the Falkland Islands. It lies to the west of East Falkland in Falkland Sound. To its north are the Tyssen Islands and to its south Ruggles Island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Falkland Islands (1)
- Also known as: “Great Island, Falkland Islands” and “Isla Great”
Great Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Latitude
-51.96281° or 51° 57′ 46″ south
Longitude
-59.69545° or 59° 41′ 44″ west
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
38W228P3+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Great Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Island”
- Chinese: “格雷特島”
- Dutch: “Great Island”
- French: “Grande île”
- German: “Great Island”
- Japanese: “グレート島 (フォークランド諸島)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Great, Falklandi”
- Spanish: “Isla Grande”
- Swedish: “Great Island, Falklandssundet”
- Swedish: “Great Island”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Great, Falkland”
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Places to explore: White Cliff Point and Cygnet Head.
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