Pecan Island
Pecan Island is an unincorporated community is located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, directly south of the southeast corner of White Lake, Louisiana, at the junction of two prehistoric beach ridges of a type known as cheniers, that lie surrounded by coastal marsh.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Louisiana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Pecan Island, LA” and “Pecan Island, Louisiana”
Pecan Island
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.64661° or 29° 38′ 48″ north
Longitude
-92.45319° or 92° 27′ 12″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
76X9JGWW+JP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Pecan Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮坎艾蘭”
- French: “La Pacanière”
- Spanish: “La Pacanera”
- “Pecan Island”
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Places to explore: Forked Island and Cheniere au Tigre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sacred Heart Mission Chapel and Pecan Island Fire Department.
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