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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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″ northLongitude
-161.30585° or 161° 18′ 21″ westElevation
814 feet (248 metres)Open location code
92PW4MHV+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 760393205OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5880346Wikidata ID
Q829471
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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”
- Ukrainian: “Бесборо”
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