Gavrinis
Gavrinis is a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. It contains the Gavrinis tomb, a Neolithic passage tomb built around 4200–4000 BC, making it one of the world's oldest surviving buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Man vyi, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gavrinis Cairn and Er Lannic.
Er Lannic
Islet
Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Er Lannic is a small island in the commune of Arzon, in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France. Er Lannic is a bird reserve and also the site of two stone circles, the southern of which is submerged.
Er Lannic cromlech
Archaeological site
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Er Lannic cromlech is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arzon and Pointe du Blair.
Arzon
Village
Photo: Nono vlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arzon or Arzhon-Rewiz in Breton is a commune located at the extremity of the Rhuys peninsula in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region in northwestern France. Arzon is situated 3 km south of Gavrinis.
Pointe du Blair
Locality
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Pointe du Blair is a locality, which is situated 3 km northwest of Gavrinis.
Locmariaquer
Village
Photo: Jean-Charles GUILLO, Public domain.
Locmariaquer is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies 8.5 mi south of Auray by road. Locmariaquer is situated 3½ km west of Gavrinis.
Gavrinis
- Type: Islet
- Description: small island, situated in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France
- Categories: island, archaeological site, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.57417° or 47° 34′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.89821° or 2° 53′ 54″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
8CVVH4F2+MPOpenStreetMap ID
way 500298935OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11073318Wikidata ID
Q1496494
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Gavrinis” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Gavriniz”
- Catalan: “Gavrinis”
- Cebuano: “Gavrinis”
- Dutch: “Gavrinis”
- French: “Gavrinis”
- French: “Île de Gavrinis”
- German: “Gavrinis”
- Greek: “Γκαβρινίς”
- Italian: “Gavrinis”
- Japanese: “ガブリニス島”
- Polish: “Gavrinis”
- Russian: “Гаврини”
- Serbian: “Гаврини”
- Spanish: “Gavrinis”
- Ukrainian: “Гаврині”
- Welsh: “Gavrinis”
- Welsh: “Gavriniz”
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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 “Gavrinis”. Photo: Man vyi, Public domain.