Slate Islands

The Slate Islands are a small archipelago in Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada, about 12 kilometres south of the town of . The island group, consisting of 15 islands in total, was created by a meteorite impact which formed a crater about 32 km wide.
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Slate Islands

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
Geo­Names ID
6149302
Wiki­data ID
Q11683970
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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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