Besboro Island
Besboro Island is a small island in the Norton Sound, Bering Sea, off the shores of Alaska. It is located 11 miles west of the mainland and 38 miles southwest of Christmas Mountain, Nulato Hills.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Besborough Island” and “Ile Besborough”
Besboro Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.12788° or 64° 7′ 40″ north
Longitude
-161.30585° or 161° 18′ 21″ west
Elevation
814 feet (248 metres)
Open location code
92PW4MHV+5M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Besboro Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Besboro Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Besboro”
- Cebuano: “Besboro Island”
- Chinese: “贝斯博洛岛”
- Croatian: “Besboro”
- Dutch: “Besboro Island”
- French: “île Besboro”
- French: “Île Besboro”
- German: “Besboro Island”
- Italian: “Besboro”
- Japanese: “ベスボロ島”
- Russian: “Бесборо”
- Spanish: “Isla Besboro”
- Turkish: “Besboro Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Бесборо”
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