San Salvador Island
San Salvador Island, previously Watling's Island, is an island and district of The Bahamas, famed for being the probable location of Christopher Columbus's first landing of the Americas on 12 October 1492 during his first voyage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: island with 1,290 residents
- Description: island and district of the Bahamas
- Also known as: “Guanahani”, “San Salvador and Rum Cay”, “San Salvador and Rum Cay District”, and “San Salvador District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Salvador Airport.
San Salvador Airport
Aerodrome
San Salvador Airport, also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas. San Salvador Airport is situated 2½ miles northwest of San Salvador Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cockburn Town.
Cockburn Town
Village
Cockburn Town is a town in the Bahamas, located on San Salvador Island. It has a population of 271 as of 2010. In the town there is an airport, museum, administrator's office, post office, clinic, telecommunication station, and electricity generators. Cockburn Town is situated 2½ miles northwest of San Salvador Island.
San Salvador Island
- Category: district of The Bahamas
- Location: Bahamas, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“San Salvador Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة سان سلفادور”
- Azerbaijani: “San Salvador adası”
- Basque: “San Salvador uhartea (Bahamak)”
- Basque: “San Salvador uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Сан-Сальвадор”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Сальвадор”
- Bengali: “সান সালভাদর দ্বীপ”
- Catalan: “Illa de San Salvador”
- Catalan: “Illa de Watling”
- 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”
- Dutch: “Watling”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سان سلفادور”
- Esperanto: “Insulo San-Salvadoro”
- Estonian: “San Salvadori saar”
- Estonian: “Watlingi saar”
- Estonian: “Watlings”
- Finnish: “San Salvador (Bahama)”
- Finnish: “San Salvador”
- French: “Colombus island”
- French: “San Salvador”
- French: “Watling Island”
- Galician: “San Salvador, Bahamas”
- Galician: “San Salvador”
- Georgian: “სან-სალვადორი (კუნძული)”
- Georgian: “სან-სალვადორი”
- German: “San Salvador”
- Greek: “Σαν Σαλβαντόρ”
- Gujarati: “સાન સલ્વાડોર આઇલેન્ડ”
- Hindi: “सैन साल्वाडोर द्वीप”
- Indonesian: “Pulau San Salvador”
- Italian: “Guanahani”
- Italian: “Guanahaní”
- Italian: “Isola di Watling”
- Italian: “Isola san salvador”
- Italian: “San Salvador”
- Japanese: “サン・サルバドル島”
- Japanese: “サンサルバドル島”
- Japanese: “ワトリング島”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
- Korean: “산살바도르섬”
- Korean: “와틀링 섬”
- Latvian: “Sansalvadoras sala”
- Lithuanian: “San Salvadoro sala”
- Malay: “San Salvador Island”
- Marathi: “सॅन साल्वाडोर आईसलँड”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Salvador”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya San Salvador”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Salvador Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Salvador på Bahamas”
- Norwegian: “San Salvador”
- Persian: “جزیره سان سالوادور”
- Polish: “San Salvador”
- Polish: “Wyspa Watlinga”
- Portuguese: “San Salvador”
- Portuguese: “São Salvador”
- Russian: “Остров Сан-Сальвадор”
- Russian: “Сан-Сальвадор”
- Sinhala: “සැන් සැල්වදෝර් දූපත දිස්ත්රික්කය, බහමාස්”
- Sinhala: “සැන් සැල්වදෝර් දූපත”
- Slovak: “San Salvador”
- Spanish: “Guanahani”
- Spanish: “Isla Watling”
- Spanish: “San Salvador”
- Spanish: “Watling”
- Swedish: “San Salvador, Bahamas”
- Swedish: “San Salvador”
- Tagalog: “Pulong San Salvador”
- Tamil: “சான் சால்வடார் ஐஸ்லாந்து”
- Telugu: “సాన్ సాల్వడార్ దీవి”
- Thai: “เกาะซาน ซาลวาดอร์”
- Thai: “เกาะซานซัลวาดอร์”
- Turkish: “San Salvador Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Сальвадор”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ سان سلواڈور”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo San Salvador”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Salvador Island and Granny Lake.
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