Slate Islands
The Slate Islands are a small archipelago in Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada, about 12 kilometres south of the town of Terrace Bay. The island group, consisting of 15 islands in total, was created by a meteorite impact which formed a crater about 32 km wide.
Slate Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: islands in Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.6668° or 48° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
-86.99996° or 86° 59′ 60″ west
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
86WMM282+P2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Slate Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Slate Islands (kapuloan sa Canada, Ontario, lat 48,67, long -87,00)”
- Cebuano: “Slate Islands”
- Chinese: “斯萊特群島 (安大略)”
- Dutch: “Slate Islands”
- French: “îles Slate”
- French: “Îles Slate”
- Japanese: “スレート島 (オンタリオ州)”
- Polish: “Slate Islands”
- Romanian: “Slate Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Slate”
- Swedish: “Slate Islands”
- Ukrainian: “Сланцеві острови”
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Places to explore: Jack Fish and Terrace Bay.
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