Thompson Island
Thompson Island is an islet in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Thompson Island is situated nearby to the locality Clifton Harbour, as well as near the village Big Sands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Union Island and Union Island Airport.
Union Island
Photo: Jay Jay Marcus Keize13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Island is a lovely, typical old-fashioned Caribbean Island. It is volcanic in origin and is only 3 miles long and 1 ½ miles wide. It has thick green rainforest, sharp rock peaks and large jagged mountains towering several thousand feet.
Union Island Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Acp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Island Airport is the airport serving Union Island, Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located about 0.25 miles from the town of Clifton, one of the country's main tourist centers and a major destination for charter leisure flights during the winter holiday season and Easter, for "Easterval" celebration.
Palm Island
Islet
Palm Island in the Grenadines is a small island one mile from Union Island, only accessible by boat. It has an area of 135 acres and has five beaches. Originally known as Prune Island, Palm Island got its current name when the former owners, the late John…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifton and Ashton.
Clifton
Town
Photo: Stefan2901, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clifton is a town located on Union Island, which is part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located on the island's southeast coast.
Ashton
Town
Ashton is a town located on Union Island, which is part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, located on the island's south coast. It has a Köppen climate classification code of Af. Ashton is situated 1½ miles west of Thompson Island.
Thompson Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet of the Grenadines, St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.59681° or 12° 35′ 49″ northLongitude
-61.40983° or 61° 24′ 35″ westOpen location code
774WHHWR+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 564726799OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11281278Wikidata ID
Q105546512
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Thompson Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Thompson Island, Grenadines”
- German: “Thompson Island, Grenadines”
- German: “Thompson Island”
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Localities in the Area
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