South
Alabama
Mobile

Gaillard Island

Gaillard Island is an artificially created island located in near . It was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, using sand and mud dredged from the Mobile Bay ship channel and elsewhere.
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Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bellefontaine.

Village
Belle Fontaine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States, on the western shore of .

Gaillard Island

Latitude
30.50606° or 30° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
-88.03824° or 88° 2′ 18″ west
Open location code
862HGX46+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23021455
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4063645
Wiki­data ID
Q5517192
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Satellite Map

Discover Gaillard Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Korean—“Gaillard Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gaillard Island”
  • French: “Gaillard Island”
  • Korean: “가야르드섬”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Gaillard Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.