Griffin Island
Griffin Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. Griffin Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ten Mile Point, as well as near Uplands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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.
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.
Griffin Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.43429° or 48° 26′ 3″ northLongitude
-123.235° or 123° 14′ 6″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
84WRCQM8+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 159894623OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5967063Wikidata ID
Q22648954
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Griffin Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Griffin Island”
- Dutch: “Griffin Island”
- French: “Griffin Island (Canada)”
- Swedish: “Griffin Island”
- Turkish: “Griffin Adası”
- Turkish: “Griffin Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alpha Islet and Pandora Hill.
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