Marie-Galante Island
Marie-Galante is one of the dependencies of Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France. Marie-Galante has a land area of 158.1 km.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Guadeloupe, French Antilles
- Also known as: “Aulinagan”, “Ile Marie-Galante”, “Maria Galanda”, “Maria Galante”, “María Galante”, “Marie-Galante”, “Mawigalant”, and “TFFM”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Moulin Bézard.
Moulin Bézard
Windmill
Moulin Bézard is a windmill, which is situated 3½ km east of Marie-Galante Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Louis and Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante.
Saint-Louis
Town
Saint-Louis is a commune in the overseas department of Guadeloupe. Saint-Louis is situated 5 km west of Marie-Galante Island.
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante
Town
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante is a commune on the island… Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante is situated 7 km southeast of Marie-Galante Island.
Grand-Bourg
Town
Grand-Bourg, also known as Grand-Bourg… Grand-Bourg is situated 7 km southwest of Marie-Galante Island.
Marie-Galante Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Arrondissement de Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
15.9359° or 15° 56′ 9″ north
Longitude
-61.2705° or 61° 16′ 14″ west
Population
11,500
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
IATA airport code
GBJ
Open location code
777WWPPH+9R
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Marie-Galante Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماري غالانتي”
- Basque: “Marie-Galante”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Мары-Галан”
- Belarusian: “Мары-Галан”
- Breton: “Mari-Galant”
- Catalan: “Marie-Galante”
- Cebuano: “Marie-Galante”
- Chinese: “玛丽-加朗特岛”
- Chinese: “瑪麗-加朗特島”
- Czech: “Marie-Galante”
- Danish: “Marie-Galante”
- Dutch: “Marie-Galante”
- Esperanto: “Marie-Galante”
- Finnish: “Marie-Galante”
- French: “Île Marie-Galante”
- French: “Marie-Galante”
- Galician: “Marie-Galante”
- German: “Marie-Galante”
- Greek: “Μαρί Γκαλάντ”
- Greek: “Μαρί-Γκαλάντ”
- Haitian: “Marigalant”
- Hebrew: “מארי גאלאנט”
- Indonesian: “Marie-Galante”
- Italian: “Marie-Galante”
- Japanese: “マリー・ガラント島”
- Korean: “마리갈란트섬”
- Latin: “Marigalanta”
- Latvian: “Marīgalanta”
- Lithuanian: “Mari Galantas”
- Macedonian: “Мари Галант”
- Northern Frisian: “Marie-Galante”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marie-Galante”
- Norwegian: “Marie-Galante”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aïchi”
- Polish: “Marie-Galante”
- Portuguese: “Marie Galante”
- Portuguese: “Marie-Galante”
- Russian: “Мари Галант”
- Russian: “Мари-Галант”
- Spanish: “Marie-Galante”
- Spanish: “Marigalante”
- Swedish: “Marie-Galante”
- Turkish: “Marie-Galante”
- Ukrainian: “Марі-Галан”
- Urdu: “ماری گیلانت”
- Vietnamese: “Marie-Galante”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pélisson and Vallon Vrimouth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Vallon Vrimouth and Morne Coran.
Guadeloupe: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Pointe-à-Pitre and Sainte-Anne.
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