Pigeon Island
Pigeon Island is a 44-acre islet located in Gros Islet in the northern region of Saint Lucia. Once isolated from the country in the Caribbean Sea, the island was artificially joined to the western coast of mainland in 1972 by a man-made causeway built from dirt excavated to form the Rodney Bay Marina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: islet in Saint Lucia
- Also known as: “Gros Island”, “Gros Islet”, “Ile des Ramiers”, and “Pigeon Island National Landmark”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gros Islet and Cas-en-Bas.
Gros Islet
Gros Islet is a town at the far northern end of Saint Lucia. It is the newest town in Saint Lucia, being the most recent to have been promoted from being a village.
Cas-en-Bas
Hamlet
Cas-en-Bas is a settlement in Saint Lucia; it is located in the northern part of the island. Cas-en-Bas is situated 2 miles east of Pigeon Island.
Monchy
Village
Photo: Gene93k, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monchy is a town and second-order administrative division of Gros Islet District in the island nation of Saint Lucia. The town is located near the northern end of the island about 4 kilometres from Gros Islet, and about 7.9 kilometres from the capital, Castries. Monchy is situated 3½ miles southeast of Pigeon Island.
Pigeon Island
- Categories: island, peninsula, historic site, and fort
- Location: Pigeon Island, Gros Islet District, Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
14.09258° or 14° 5′ 33″ northLongitude
-60.96463° or 60° 57′ 53″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
776X32VP+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 669721394OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Pigeon Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia)”
- Cebuano: “Pigeon Island (pulo sa Saint Lucia)”
- Cebuano: “Pigeon Island”
- Chinese: “鸽岛 (圣卢西亚)”
- Chinese: “鸽岛”
- Dutch: “Pigeon Island”
- French: “Pigeon Island (Sainte-Lucie)”
- French: “Pigeon Island”
- German: “Pigeon Island”
- Macedonian: “Пиџин (Света Луција)”
- Macedonian: “Пиџин”
- Spanish: “Isla Pigeon”
- Swedish: “Pigeon Island, Saint Lucia”
- Swedish: “Pigeon Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cap Estate/Becune Point and Cap Estate/Becune Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Signal Hill and US Signaling Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pigeon Island”. Photo: Indies1, CC BY-SA 4.0.