Chandeleur Islands
The Chandeleur Islands are a chain of uninhabited barrier islands approximately 50 miles long, located in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the outer boundary of the Chandeleur Sound.- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago in Louisiana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Candlemas Islands”, “Cayos de San Diego”, “Iles Chandeleur”, “îles de Chandeleur”, “Islas Candelarias”, “Isles De La Chandeleur”, “Isles Saint Diegue”, “Isletas de San Diego”, “Myrtle Islands”, and “シャンデレール島”
Chandeleur Islands
- Categories: island group, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Bernard Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.83576° or 29° 50′ 9″ north
Longitude
-88.83447° or 88° 50′ 4″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
76XHR5P8+86
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Chandeleur Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chandeleur Islands”
- Chinese: “尚德盧爾群島”
- Dutch: “Chandeleur Islands”
- Estonian: “Chandeleuri saared”
- Finnish: “Chandeleursaaret”
- French: “îles Chandeleur”
- French: “Îles Chandeleur”
- German: “Chandeleur Islands”
- Japanese: “シャンドルール諸島”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Chandeleur”
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