Big Island
Big Island is an island in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada. Big Island is situated nearby to the village McGraths Cove, as well as near East Dover.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Lake.
Big Lake
Lake
Big Lake is a rural community and lake of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on the Chebucto Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peggy’s Cove.
Peggy’s Cove
Photo: Eric Raymond Lanning, CC BY 3.0.
Peggy's Cove is a hamlet and popular tourist spot in Nova Scotia. It is both bleak and picturesque with its historic and still-used lighthouse standing watch over the village and the granite rocks and cliffs.
Big Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Blind Bay, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.50439° or 44° 30′ 16″ northLongitude
-63.83939° or 63° 50′ 22″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
87PRG536+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 69019830OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5900247Wikidata ID
Q22422934
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Big Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Island (pulo sa Canada, Nova Scotia, lat 44,50, long -63,84)”
- Cebuano: “Big Island”
- French: “Big Island (Canada, Nouvelle-Écosse)”
- Swedish: “Big Island”
- Turkish: “Big Island”
- Turkish: “Büyük Ada (Kanada)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as McGraths Cove and East Dover.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thumcap and Christmas Island.
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