San Lucas Island National Park
San Lucas Island National Park is a former prison island in the Gulf of Nicoya on the Central Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Visitors can see the former prison facilities including cells where notorious criminals were once imprisoned.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rodtico21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Peloy (Allan H.M.), CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Isla de San Lucas” and “San Lucas Island”
San Lucas Island National Park
- Categories: protected area, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.94252° or 9° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
-84.90617° or 84° 54′ 22″ westElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
66XQW3VV+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 526609394OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
3621778Wikidata ID
Q592125
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“San Lucas Island National Park” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սան Լուկաս”
- Catalan: “illa San Lucas”
- Cebuano: “Isla San Lucas”
- Chinese: “聖盧卡斯島”
- Dutch: “San Lucas Island”
- French: “île San Lucas”
- French: “Île San Lucas”
- Hebrew: “סן לוקאס”
- Russian: “Сан-Лукас”
- Spanish: “Isla San Lucas”
- Swedish: “Isla San Lucas, Costa Rica”
- Swedish: “Isla San Lucas”
- Uzbek: “San Lucas Island”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Iglesia de San Lucas and Playa El Inglés.
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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 Wikivoyage page “San Lucas Island National Park”. Photo: Peloy (Allan H.M.), CC BY-SA 3.0.