Carbonear Island
Carbonear Island is a small uninhabited island on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Carbonear harbour. It became a strategic haven for the British settlers of Carbonear fending off the raids by the French and became known for a time as the "Gibraltar of Newfoundland".- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 31 metres (102 feet)
- Description: island in Canada
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbonear.
Carbonear Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
47.7375° or 47° 44′ 15″ north
Longitude
-53.16647° or 53° 9′ 59″ west
Open location code
88V8PRQM+2C
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Carbonear Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carbonear Island”
- Dutch: “Carbonear Island”
- French: “île de la Carbonnière”
- French: “Île de la Carbonnière”
- Swedish: “Carbonear Island”
- Turkish: “Carbonear Adası”
- Turkish: “Carbonear Island”
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