San Salvador

San Salvador Island, previously Watling's Island, is an island and district of , famed for being the probable location of Christopher Columbus's first landing of the Americas on 12 October 1492 during his first voyage.
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  • Type: island with 824 residents
  • Description: island and district of the Bahamas
  • Also known as: “Colombus island”, “Guanahani”, “Guanahaní”, “Illa de San Salvador”, “Illa de Watling”, “Isla Watling”, “Isola di Watling”, “Isola san salvador”, “Øya San Salvador”, “San Salvador and Rum Cay”, “San Salvador and Rum Cay District”, “San Salvador Island”, “São Salvador”, “Watling Island”, “Watlingi saar”, “Watlings”, “Wyspa Watlinga”, “Остров Сан-Сальвадор”, “와틀링 섬”, “サンサルバドル島”, and “ワトリング島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: San Salvador Airport.

Aerodrome
, also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas. is situated 2½ miles northwest of San Salvador.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cockburn Town.

Village
is a town in the Bahamas, located on San Salvador Island. is situated 2½ miles northwest of San Salvador.

San Salvador

Latitude
24.0367° or 24° 2′ 12″ north
Longitude
-74.4931° or 74° 29′ 35″ west
Population
824
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
77P72GP4+MQ
Geo­Names ID
3571493
Wiki­data ID
Q845540
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“San Salvador” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳን ሳልቫዶር”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سان سلفادور”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Salvador adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Salvador”
  • Basque: “San Salvador uhartea (Bahamak)”
  • Basque: “San Salvador uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Сан-Сальвадор”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Сальвадор”
  • Bengali: “সান সালভাদর দ্বীপ”
  • Bengali: “সান সালভাদর”
  • Catalan: “Watling”
  • Cebuano: “San Salvador District”
  • Cebuano: “San Salvador Island”
  • Chinese: “圣萨尔瓦多岛”
  • Chinese: “聖薩爾瓦多島”
  • Czech: “San Salvador”
  • Danish: “San Salvador Island”
  • Dutch: “San Salvador”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سان سلفادور”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo San-Salvadoro”
  • Estonian: “San Salvadori saar”
  • Finnish: “San Salvador (Bahama)”
  • Finnish: “San Salvador”
  • French: “San Salvador”
  • Galician: “San Salvador, Bahamas”
  • Galician: “San Salvador”
  • Georgian: “სან-სალვადორი (კუნძული)”
  • Georgian: “სან-სალვადორი”
  • German: “San Salvador”
  • Greek: “Σαν Σαλβαντόρ”
  • Gujarati: “સાન સલ્વાડોર આઇલેન્ડ”
  • Hausa: “San Salvador”
  • Hindi: “सैन साल्वाडोर द्वीप”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau San Salvador”
  • Italian: “San Salvador”
  • Japanese: “サン・サルバドル島”
  • Japanese: “サンサルバドル”
  • Javanese: “San Salvador”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kazakh: “Сан-Сальвадор”
  • Kirghiz: “Сан-Сальвадор”
  • Korean: “산살바도르섬”
  • Latvian: “Sansalvadoras sala”
  • Lithuanian: “San Salvadoro sala”
  • Malay: “San Salvador Island”
  • Malay: “San Salvador”
  • Marathi: “सॅन साल्वाडोर आईसलँड”
  • Minangkabau: “Pulau San Salvador”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Salvador”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Salvador på Bahamas”
  • Norwegian: “San Salvador”
  • Oromo: “San Salvador”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਨ ਸਾਲਵਾਡੋਰ”
  • Persian: “جزیره سان سالوادور”
  • Persian: “سان سالوادور”
  • Polish: “San Salvador”
  • Portuguese: “San Salvador”
  • Pushto: “سان سالوادور”
  • Russian: “Сан-Сальвадор”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් සැල්වදෝර් දූපත දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, බහමාස්”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් සැල්වදෝර් දූපත”
  • Slovak: “San Salvador”
  • Slovenian: “San Salvador”
  • Somali: “San Salvador”
  • Spanish: “San Salvador”
  • Swahili: “San Salvador”
  • Swedish: “San Salvador, Bahamas”
  • Swedish: “San Salvador”
  • Tagalog: “Pulong San Salvador”
  • Tajik: “Сан-Салвадор”
  • Tamil: “சான் சால்வடார் ஐஸ்லாந்து”
  • Tatar: “San Salvador”
  • Telugu: “సాన్ సాల్వడార్ దీవి”
  • Thai: “เกาะซาน ซาลวาดอร์”
  • Thai: “เกาะซานซัลวาดอร์”
  • Turkish: “San Salvador Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Сальвадор”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ سان سلواڈور”
  • Uzbek: “San Salvador”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo San Salvador”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “San Salvador”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Victoria Hill and Long Bay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: San Salvador Island and Granny Lake.

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Worth a closer look: Nassau and Grand Bahama.

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