Gran Roque Island
Gran Roque is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea in the archipelago of Los Roques, which has 1.7 km2 in extent, where the majority of the population lives. Los Roques Airport is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Venezuela
- Also known as: “El Gran Roque”, “El Roque”, “Gran Roque”, “Isla Gran Roque”, and “グラン・ロク島”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Gran Roque Lighthouse and Los Roques Airport.
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Island
Gran Roque Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Caribbean Islands, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
11.94965° or 11° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-66.67635° or 66° 40′ 35″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
LRV
Open location code
773MW8XF+VF
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gran Roque Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isla El Gran Roque”
- Chinese: “格兰罗克岛”
- Dutch: “Gran Roque”
- French: “Gran Roque”
- Japanese: “グラン・ロケ島”
- Latvian: “Granroke”
- Portuguese: “Gran Roque”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gran Roque”
- Sinhala: “ග්රාන් රොක්, වෙනිසියුලාව”
- Spanish: “Gran Roque”
- Spanish: “Isla El Gran Roque”
- Swedish: “Gran Roque”
- “Gran Roque”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Los Roques.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Los Roques Light and Cayo Pirata.
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