Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre is the western island of the pair of islands that make up the principal land mass of Guadeloupe. It is full of waterfalls, rivers and streams, thermal springs, beaches of golden or black sand and a tropical rain forest covering its mountain range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Filo gèn‘, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Guadeloupe National Park.
Guadeloupe National Park
Photo: Filo gèn‘, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guadeloupe National Park is a national park in Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France. It's the only national park in Guadeloupe.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crayfish Waterfall and Saut de la Lézarde.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Mamelles.
Basse-Terre
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Guadeloupe, France
- Also known as: “Basse-Terre Island”, “Guadeloupe”, “Karukera”, and “La Basse-Terre”
- Categories: mountain range, locality, and landform
- Location: Arrondissement de la Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.1596° or 16° 9′ 35″ northLongitude
-61.6797° or 61° 40′ 47″ westPopulation
186,000Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)Width
27,000 metres (88,583 feet)Open location code
778W585C+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3178316363OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Vietnamese—“Basse-Terre” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Bâssa-Tèrra”
- Belarusian: “Бас-Тэрэ”
- Catalan: “Illa de Basse-Terre”
- Cebuano: “Basse-Terre”
- Chinese: “巴斯特尔”
- Chinese: “巴斯特尔岛”
- Czech: “Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)”
- Czech: “Basse-Terre”
- Danish: “Basse-Terre”
- Dutch: “Basse-Terre (eiland)”
- Dutch: “Basse-Terre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باس تير ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باس تير”
- Esperanto: “Basse-Terre”
- Finnish: “Basse-Terre”
- French: “Basse-Terre”
- Galician: “Illa de Basse-Terre”
- Georgian: “ბას-ტერი”
- German: “Basse-Terre”
- Greek: “Μπας-Τερ”
- Hebrew: “באס-טר”
- Hebrew: “באסה טר”
- Ido: “Basse-Terre”
- Indonesian: “Basse-Terre”
- Italian: “Basse-Terre”
- Japanese: “バス・テール島”
- Japanese: “バステール”
- Korean: “바스테르 섬”
- Korean: “바스테르”
- Korean: “바스테르섬”
- Ladin: “Basse-Terre Island”
- Latvian: “Bastēra (sala)”
- Latvian: “Bastēra”
- Lithuanian: “Bas Teras”
- Northern Frisian: “Basse-Terre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Basse-Terre-øya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Basse-Terre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “île de Basse-Terre”
- Norwegian: “Basse-Terre”
- Polish: “Basse-Terre”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Basse-Terre”
- Russian: “Бас-Тер”
- Serbian: “Бас-Тер”
- Slovak: “Basse-Terre”
- Spanish: “Isla de Basse-Terre”
- Swedish: “Basse-Terre”
- Ukrainian: “Бас-Тер”
- Vietnamese: “Basse-Terre”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Basse-Terre”. Photo: Filo gèn‘, CC BY-SA 4.0.