Massacre Island
Massacre Island is an island off the coast of Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Its name is believed to derive from Mi'kmaq natives slaughtering the survivors of a French shipwreck.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: island in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Latitude
43.90809° or 43° 54′ 29″ north
Longitude
-64.79909° or 64° 47′ 57″ west
Open location code
87MQW652+69
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Massacre Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Massacre Island”
- French: “Massacre Island”
- Swedish: “Massacre Island”
- Turkish: “Massacre Adası”
- Turkish: “Massacre Island”
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