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 in the .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Also known as: Cow Island

Sea Cow Island

Latitude
-6.23477° or 6° 14′ 5″ south
Longitude
71.29473° or 71° 17′ 41″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
6J5HQ78V+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44036776
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
11777532
Wiki­data 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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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 “Sea Cow Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.