Alpha Islet
Alpha Islet is an islet in British Columbia, Canada. Alpha Islet is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ten Mile Point, as well as near Uplands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Discovery Island Light.
Discovery Island Light
Lighthouse
Discovery Island Lighthouse is an active lighthouse built in 1886 on Pandora Hill which is the highest point on Discovery Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ten Mile Point and Uplands.
Ten Mile Point
Neighborhood
Ten Mile Point is a neighbourhood in the District of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia, and is the most easterly point on Vancouver Island. Ten Mile Point was so named because it was ten nautical miles from what was at the time the headquarters of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy. Ten Mile Point is situated 4½ km northwest of Alpha Islet.
Uplands
Neighborhood
Uplands, Victoria is a 188.17-hectare neighbourhood located in the north east part of the District of Oak Bay, a suburb adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and situated between the neighbourhoods of Cadboro Bay and North Oak Bay. Uplands is situated 5 km west of Alpha Islet.
Oak Bay
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada. Oak Bay is situated 7 km west of Alpha Islet.
Alpha Islet
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.43417° or 48° 26′ 3″ northLongitude
-123.22981° or 123° 13′ 47″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
84WRCQMC+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 154004227OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5884164Wikidata ID
Q22396051
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Satellite Map
Discover Alpha Islet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Alpha Islet” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alpha Islet”
- Dutch: “Alpha Islet”
- French: “Alpha Islet”
- Swedish: “Alpha Islet”
- Turkish: “Alpha Adacığı”
- Turkish: “Alpha Islet”
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Highlights include Griffin Island and Pandora Hill.
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