Socorro Island

Socorro Island is a volcanic island in the , a possession lying 600 kilometres off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km, with an area of 132 km2.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Mexico
  • Also known as: Isla de Santo Tomás”, “Isla del Socorro”, “Isle of Saint Thomas”, “Isle of St Thomas”, “Isle Saint Thomas”, “Isle St Thomas”, “Saint Thomas”, “Saint Thomas Island”, “Santo Tomé”, “St Thomas”, and “St Thomas Island

Socorro Island

Latitude
18.79484° or 18° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
-110.97132° or 110° 58′ 17″ west
Population
45
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
75CFQ2VH+WF
Geo­Names ID
3982973
Wiki­data ID
Q1361324
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Mari—“Socorro Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Socorro uhartea
  • Belarusian: Востраў Сакора
  • Belarusian: Сакора
  • Catalan: Illa Socorro
  • Cebuano: Isla Socorro
  • Chinese: 索科罗岛
  • Chinese: 索科羅島
  • Czech: Socorro
  • Dutch: Isla Socorro
  • Egyptian Arabic: سوكورو ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: سوكورو
  • Esperanto: Insulo Socorro
  • Esperanto: Insulo Sokoro
  • Esperanto: Sokora Insulo
  • Esperanto: Sokorinsulo
  • Esperanto: Sokoro
  • Finnish: Socorro
  • French: île Saint Thomas
  • French: Ile Socorro
  • French: île Socorro
  • French: Île Socorro
  • French: île St. Thomas
  • Galician: Illa Socorro
  • German: Socorro
  • Indonesian: Pulau Socorro
  • Italian: Socorro
  • Japanese: ソコロ島
  • Kazakh: Соккоро
  • Korean: 소코로 섬
  • Korean: 소코로섬
  • Lithuanian: Sokoro sala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Socorro-øya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Socorro-øya
  • Norwegian: Socorro-øya
  • Polish: Socorro (wyspa)
  • Polish: Socorro
  • Portuguese: Ilha Socorro
  • Russian: Сокорро
  • Slovak: Isla Socorro
  • Spanish: Isla San Tomás
  • Spanish: Isla Santo Tomas
  • Spanish: Isla Santo Tomás
  • Spanish: Isla Socorro
  • Spanish: San Tomás
  • Spanish: Socorro
  • Swedish: Socorroön
  • Turkish: Socorro adası
  • Ukrainian: Сокорро
  • Western Mari: Сокорро ошмаоты
  • Tlālhuāctli Socorro

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