Brazil
Southeast
São Paulo

Snake Island

Ilha da Queimada Grande, more commonly referred to as Snake Island, is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. It has become famous for its abundance of snakes, hence its common name.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: Brazilian island
  • Also known as: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”, “Ilha Queimada Grande”, “Ilha Quemada Grande”, and “Queimada Grande; Snake Island”

Snake Island

Latitude
-24.48445° or 24° 29′ 4″ south
Longitude
-46.67451° or 46° 40′ 28″ west
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
587MG88G+65
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91518073
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3452092
Wiki­data ID
Q181544
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Snake Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الأفاعي”
  • Armenian: “Կեյմադա Գրանդի”
  • Armenian: “Օձերի կղզի”
  • Assamese: “ইলহা দা কুইমাদা গ্ৰাণ্ডে”
  • Azerbaijani: “Keymada Qrandi adası”
  • Bengali: “ইলহা দা কুইমাদা গ্রান্ডে”
  • Catalan: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Queimada Grande”
  • Cebuano: “Ilha Queimada Grande”
  • Chinese: “大凱馬達島”
  • Czech: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Czech: “Queimada Grande”
  • Dutch: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره الافاعى”
  • Finnish: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Finnish: “Käärmesaari”
  • French: “île de Queimada Grande”
  • French: “Île de Queimada Grande”
  • French: “Queimada Grande”
  • Georgian: “გველების კუნძული”
  • Georgian: “კეიმადა-გრანდი”
  • Georgian: “ქეიმადა-გრანდი”
  • German: “Queimada Grande”
  • Greek: “Ίλα ντα Κεϊμάντα Γκράντε”
  • Greek: “Νησί των Φιδιών”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Κεϊμάντα Γκράντε”
  • Hebrew: “איליה דה קיימדה גרנדה”
  • Hebrew: “קווימדה גרנדה”
  • Hungarian: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Indonesian: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Italian: “isola di Queimada Grande”
  • Italian: “Isola di Queimada Grande”
  • Japanese: “ケイマーダ・グランデ島”
  • Kirghiz: “Кеймада-Гранди”
  • Korean: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Korean: “케이마다그란지섬”
  • Latvian: “Kveimada Grande”
  • Lithuanian: “Keimada Grandė”
  • Macedonian: “Иља да Кејмада Гранде”
  • Malayalam: “ക്യൂമാധാ ക്രാൻടി ദ്വീപ്”
  • Marathi: “ईला दा कुइमादा ग्रंज”
  • Mingrelian: “კეიმადა-გრანდი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Norwegian: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Persian: “جزیره مارها”
  • Polish: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha da Queimada Grande; Queimada Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Queimada Grande”
  • Romanian: “Queimada Grande”
  • Russian: “Кеймада-Гранди”
  • Serbian: “Иља да Кејмада Гранде”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایلان آداسی (برزیل)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایلان آداسی”
  • Spanish: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Spanish: “Isla da Queimada Grande”
  • Swedish: “Ilha Queimada Grande”
  • Tamil: “கெய்மாதா கிராண்டி தீவு”
  • Telugu: “క్యూమాడ గ్రాండే ద్వీపం”
  • Thai: “อิลยาดาเกย์มาดากรังจี”
  • Turkish: “Queimada Grande Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Кеймада-Гранді”
  • Uzbek: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Veps: “Keimada Grandi”
  • Vietnamese: “Ilha da Queimada Grande”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ilha da Queimada Grande”

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