Gaillard Island
Gaillard Island is an artificially created island located in Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama. It was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, using sand and mud dredged from the Mobile Bay ship channel and elsewhere.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellefontaine.
Gaillard Island
- Island
- Description: island in Mobile County, Alabama, United States
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Latitude
30.50606° or 30° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
-88.03824° or 88° 2′ 18″ west
Open location code
862HGX46+CP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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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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