Sea Cow Island
Sea Cow Island, also known as Île Vache Marine, is a round 18 ha island on the Great Chagos Bank atoll of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Islet
- Description: British Indian Ocean Territory
- Also known as: “Cow Island”
Sea Cow Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: British Indian Ocean Territory, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.23477° or 6° 14′ 5″ southLongitude
71.29473° or 71° 17′ 41″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
6J5HQ78V+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 44036776OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11777532Wikidata ID
Q7439865
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sea Cow Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة سي كاو”
- Chinese: “海牛岛”
- Chinese: “海牛島”
- Croatian: “Otok morskih krava”
- Dutch: “Sea Cow Island”
- French: “Île Vache Marine”
- Japanese: “シー・カウ島”
- Polish: “Sea Cow Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Sea Cow”
- Ukrainian: “Сі Кау (острів)”
- Ukrainian: “Сі Кау”
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