La Tortuga Island

La Tortuga Island is an uninhabited island of , the largest in the . It is part of a group of islands that include the Tortuguillos and Cayo Herradura. Isla La Tortuga has an area of 156 km2.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: federal dependency of Venezuela
  • Also known as: Ilha da Tartaruga

La Tortuga Island

Latitude
10.93333° or 10° 56′ north
Longitude
-65.33333° or 65° 20′ west
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
772PWMM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3635126
Wiki­data ID
Q130348
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Vietnamese—“La Tortuga Island” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Isla de La Tortuga
  • Aragonese: Isla La Tortuga
  • Belarusian: Востраў Ла-Тартуга
  • Belarusian: Ла-Тартуга
  • Breton: Isla La Tortuga
  • Catalan: La Tortuga
  • Cebuano: Isla La Tortuga (pulo sa Venezuela)
  • Cebuano: Isla La Tortuga
  • Chinese: 拉托尔图加岛
  • Chinese: 拉托爾圖加島
  • Dutch: La Tortuga
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا تورتوجا ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا تورتوجا
  • Esperanto: La Tortuga
  • French: Ile de la Tortue
  • French: île de la Tortue
  • French: Île de la Tortue
  • Galician: La Tortuga
  • German: Isla La Tortuga
  • German: La Tortuga
  • Greek: Λα Τορτούγα Νήσος
  • Hebrew: לה טורטגה
  • Italian: Isla La Tortuga
  • Italian: Isola La Tortuga
  • Italian: La Tortuga
  • Japanese: トルトゥーガ島 (ベネズエラ)
  • Japanese: ラ・トルトゥガ島
  • Korean: 라 토르투가섬
  • Lithuanian: La Tortuga
  • Luxembourgish: Isla La Tortuga
  • Luxembourgish: La Tortuga Island
  • Luxembourgish: La Tortuga
  • Northern Frisian: La Tortuga
  • Persian: تورتوگا
  • Polish: Tortuga
  • Portuguese: Ilha La Tortuga (Venezuela)
  • Portuguese: Ilha La Tortuga
  • Portuguese: La Tortuga
  • Romanian: Insula Tortuga
  • Russian: Ла-Тортуга
  • Sinhala: ලා ටෝටුගා දූපත, වෙනිසියුලාව
  • Spanish: Isla La Tortuga
  • Spanish: Isla Tortuga
  • Spanish: La Tortuga
  • Swedish: La Tortugaön
  • Turkish: La Tortuga Adası
  • Vietnamese: đảo La Tortuga

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