Galveston Island
Galveston Island is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County.
NASA, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 58,200 residents
- Description: barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States
- Also known as“Auia”“Campeche”“Isla Blanca”“Isla de Aranjuez”“Isla de Culebras”“Isla de Malhado”“Island of Galveston”“San Luis Island”
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Latitude
29.2222° or 29° 13′ 20″ north
Longitude
-94.9088° or 94° 54′ 32″ west
Open location code
76X763CR+VF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Galveston Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة غالفستونArabic
Galveston uharteaBasque
ГалвестанBelarusian
Галвестан (востраў)Belarusian
Galveston IslandCatalan
Galveston IslandCebuano
Galveston 島Chinese
加爾維斯頓島Chinese
Galveston IslandDutch
جالڤيستونEgyptian Arabic
جالڤيستون ايسلاندEgyptian Arabic
Galvestoni saarEstonian
GalvestonFinnish
גלווסטוןHebrew
Pulau GalvestonIndonesian
Isola di GalvestonItalian
ガルヴェストン島Japanese
ガルベストン島Japanese
ГалвестонRussian
ГалвестонSerbian
GalvestonsuâlSkolt Sami
đảo GalvestonVietnamese
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