Corisco
Corisco, Mandj, or Mandyi, is a small island of Equatorial Guinea, located 29 km southwest of the Río Muni estuary that defines the border with Gabon. Corisco, whose name derives from the Portuguese word for lightning, has an area of 14 km2, and its highest point is 35 m above sea level.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- …is also known as “Corisco island”
- Description: island of Equatorial Guinea
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corisco International Airport.
Corisco International Airport
Aerodrome
Corisco International Airport, or just Corisco…
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Latitude
0.9172° or 0° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude
9.3219° or 9° 19′ 19″ east
Open location code
6FGFW88C+VP
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zulu—“Corisco” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Corisco”
- Bulgarian: “Кориско”
- Catalan: “Corisco”
- Cebuano: “Isla de Corisco”
- Chinese: “科里斯科岛”
- Croatian: “Corisco, otok”
- Croatian: “Corisco”
- Dutch: “Corisco”
- Finnish: “Corisco”
- French: “Corisco”
- Georgian: “კორისკო”
- German: “Corisco”
- Hausa: “Corisco”
- Italian: “Corisco”
- Japanese: “コリスコ島”
- Korean: “코리스코섬”
- Lithuanian: “Koriskas”
- Polish: “Corisco”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Corisco”
- Russian: “Кориско”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Corisco”
- Spanish: “Corisco”
- Spanish: “Isla Corisco”
- Swedish: “Isla de Corisco”
- Ukrainian: “Кориско”
- Wu Chinese: “科里斯科島”
- Yue Chinese: “哥里斯哥島”
- Zulu: “Corisco, Isiqhingi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Corisco Island and Punta Mbalanga.
Río Muni: Highlights
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