Frigate Island
Frigate Island is a small islet between Grenada and Carriacou. Situated just 0.463 miles north-east of “Large Island” and 0.792 miles south-west from ”Saline Island”, and 1.596 miles from Grenada's sister island of Carriacou, one mile due south of Ashton, and half mile from the nearest part of Union Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: Island in Grenada
- Also known as: “Frigate Island, Grenada”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Large Island and Saline Island.
Large Island
Island
Large Island is an islet between the main island and Grenadines of Grenada. It is an uninhabited island and forms part of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, a dependency of Grenada.
Saline Island
Islet
Saline Island is a small, 64 acre islet between Grenada and Carriacou. It is located next to Frigate Island. There is a single watchman living in a 2 bedroom house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hermitage and Hillsborough.
Hermitage
Village
Hermitage is a town on the island of Carriacou in Grenada. Hermitage is situated 2½ miles north of Frigate Island.
Hillsborough
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carriacou is the second-largest island of the Caribbean nation of Grenada. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide, and in 2022 had a population of 6081. It's a quiet relaxing place where the main attraction is scuba diving on its coral reefs. Hillsborough is situated 5 miles north of Frigate Island.
Frigate Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.41553° or 12° 24′ 56″ northLongitude
-61.47752° or 61° 28′ 39″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
774WCG8C+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 25000026OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3580287Wikidata ID
Q55612114
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Frigate Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “弗里盖特岛”
- German: “Frigate Island”
- Japanese: “フリゲート島”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Frigate Island”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.