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Ernst Thälmann Island

Ernst Thälmann Island or Ernst Thälmann Cay is a 15 km long and 500 m wide island in the . In the 1970s, promised to donate an island in its archipelago to East Germany, and subsequently renamed what was then known as Cayo Blanco del Sur after German communist Ernst Thälmann.
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Ernst Thälmann Island

Latitude
22.04801° or 22° 2′ 53″ north
Longitude
-81.37787° or 81° 22′ 40″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
76JW2JXC+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37678145
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3559356
Wiki­data ID
Q704637
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ernst Thälmann Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة إرنست تلمان”
  • Bengali: “আর্নস্ট থ্যালমান দ্বীপ”
  • Bengali: “আর্ন্সট থ্যালমান দ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “Illa Ernst Thaelmann”
  • Catalan: “Illa Ernst Thälmann”
  • Cebuano: “Cayo Ernest Thaelmann”
  • Chinese: “恩斯特·台爾曼島”
  • Czech: “Ostrov Ernsta Thälmanna”
  • Danish: “Ernst Thälmann-ø”
  • Dutch: “Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • Dutch: “Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann”
  • Dutch: “Ernst Thaelmann-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Ernst Thalmann eiland”
  • Dutch: “Ernst Thälmann eiland”
  • Dutch: “Ernst Thalmann-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Ernst Thälmann-eiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايرنسانت ثالمان ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة ايرنست ثالمان”
  • French: “Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • French: “île Ernst Thälmann”
  • French: “Île Ernst Thälmann”
  • German: “Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • German: “Cayo Ernest Thaelmann”
  • German: “Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann”
  • German: “Ernst-Thälmann-Insel”
  • German: “Playa DDR”
  • German: “Playa RDA”
  • German: “Thälmann-Insel”
  • German: “Thälmanninsel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Ερνστ Τέλμαν”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Ερνστ-Τέλμαν”
  • Hebrew: “ארנסט תלמאן”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Ernst Thälmann”
  • Italian: “Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • Italian: “Isola Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • Italian: “Isola Ernst Thälmann”
  • Japanese: “エルンスト・テールマン島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ernst Thälmann-øya”
  • Norwegian: “Ernst Thälmann-øya”
  • Persian: “جزیره ارنست تلمان”
  • Persian: “کایو بلانکو دل سور”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Ernsta Thalmanna”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Ernsta Thälmanna”
  • Portuguese: “Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • Portuguese: “Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Ernesto Thaelmann”
  • Russian: “Остров Эрнста Тельмана”
  • Russian: “Эрнест-Тельманн”
  • Russian: “Эрнста Тельмана остров”
  • Spanish: “Cayo Blanco del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Cayo Ernest Thaelmann”
  • Spanish: “Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann”
  • Swedish: “Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираи Эрнст Тельман”
  • Thai: “เกาะแอ็นสท์ เทลมัน”
  • Ukrainian: “Ернест-Тельманн”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Ernst Thälmann”

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