Isla de Flores
Isla de Flores is a small Uruguayan island in the Rio de la Plata, 21 kilometres east of Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay, halfway between the Rambla of Montevideo and the English Shoal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Magalí Rossini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: Uruguayan isle in the Río de la Plata
- Also known as: “Flores” and “Flores Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flores Island Lighthouse.
Flores Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Baijinho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Isla de Flores Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Flores Island in the Río de la Plata, not far from Montevideo, Uruguay. Erected in 1828, it is one of the most significant historical landmarks in the region.
Isla de Flores
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Canelones Department, Uruguay, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.94162° or 34° 56′ 30″ southLongitude
-55.92614° or 55° 55′ 34″ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
48Q6335F+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 10668929OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3442586Wikidata ID
Q3817491
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Isla de Flores” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illa de Flores”
- Cebuano: “Isla de Flores (pulo sa Uruguay)”
- Cebuano: “Isla de Flores”
- Dutch: “Isla de Flores”
- French: “Île de Flores (Uruguay)”
- French: “île de Flores”
- French: “Île de Flores”
- German: “Isla de Flores”
- Portuguese: “Isla de Flores”
- Spanish: “Isla de Flores”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Isla de Flores”. Photo: Magalí Rossini, CC BY-SA 3.0.