Great Bird Island
Great Bird Island is a tiny islet lying 2.5 kilometers off the northeast coast of Antigua. Measuring just 20 acres, it is smaller than most city parks. It is a private island but open to the public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antigua and Barbuda
- Also known as: “Great Bird Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Guiana Island and Long Island.
Guiana Island
Island
Guiana Island is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua, between the Parham Peninsula and Crump Island. It forms the southern coast of the North Sound, and is the fourth largest island of Antigua and Barbuda. Guiana Island is situated 2½ km south of Great Bird Island.
Long Island
Island
Long Island, also known as Jumby Bay, is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua. It is located off the northern tip of the Parham Peninsula, about 2.5 kilometres from Dutchman Bay on Antigua. It is the fifth-largest island after Antigua and Barbuda. Long Island is situated 3 km west of Great Bird Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seatons and Parham.
Seatons
Village
Seatons is a village in Saint Philip Parish, located on eastern Antigua island in Antigua and Barbuda. Seatons is situated 6 km south of Great Bird Island.
Parham
Town
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY 4.0.
Parham, officially known as the Town of Parham, is the capital of Saint Peter, the largest city in Saint Peter, and the fourteenth largest city in Antigua and Barbuda. Parham is situated 6 km southwest of Great Bird Island.
Glanvilles
Village
Glanvilles is a village in Saint Philip Parish, Antigua and Barbuda. There is a clinic in Glanvilles that was not in use for a long period of time, but after protests in 2021, the clinic was opened, after only being used as a COVID-19 testing center. Glanvilles is situated 7 km south of Great Bird Island.
Great Bird Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Peter Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
17.14609° or 17° 8′ 46″ northLongitude
-61.72546° or 61° 43′ 32″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
779W47WF+CROpenStreetMap ID
way 20863594OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3576212Wikidata ID
Q5598777
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Great Bird Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Bird Island”
- Dutch: “Great Bird Island”
- French: “Great Bird Island”
- German: “Great Bird Island”
- Japanese: “大バード島”
- Swedish: “Great Bird Island”
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