Flores Island
Flores Island is a 13.3-hectare island located in Lake Petén Itzá, in the northern region of the Central American country of Guatemala. It belongs to the Department of Petén and hosts the city of Flores, which serves as the departmental capital alongside the neighboring town of Santa Elena de la Cruz.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Javier Aroche, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Peten Itza Lake, Peten Department, Guatemala
- Also known as: “Flores”, “Flores Island, Guatemala”, and “Nojpetén”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Barbara Islet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flores and Santa Elena.
Flores
Flores is a town in Petén, Guatemala. The town proper is an island on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway, on the other side of which lie the twin towns Santa Elena and San Benito.
Santa Elena
Town
Santa Elena is located on the shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of Guatemala. It is connected by a causeway to its sister town of Flores and the two are often referred to as just Flores.
San Miguel
San Miguel is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in the Petén department of the Northern Lowlands of Guatemala.Flores Island
- Categories: artificial island, locality, and landform
- Location: Petén Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
16.92974° or 16° 55′ 47″ northLongitude
-89.89181° or 89° 53′ 31″ westElevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
768GW4H5+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 419142915OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Flores Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isla de Flores (pulo sa Guatemala)”
- Cebuano: “Isla de Flores”
- Hebrew: “האי פלורס”
- Slovenian: “Flores”
- Slovenian: “Isla de Flores”
- Slovenian: “otok Flores”
- Spanish: “Isla de Flores (Guatemala)”
- Spanish: “Isla de Flores”
- Swedish: “Isla de Flores”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Miguel and Zona 1 de Santa Elena.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alcaldía Ciudad Flores and Hotel Villa Margarita.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Flores Island”. Photo: Javier Aroche, CC BY 2.0.