Big Corn Island

Big Corn Island or Great Corn Island lies approximately 50 miles off the . Great Corn Island was colonized by people who escaped slavery in Jamaica, and most native islanders have more in common culturally with other English-speaking Caribbean islands than they do with the mainland of Nicaragua.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Island in Nicaragua, Caribbean Sea, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
  • Also known as: “Grande Isla del Maíz”, “Great Corn Island”, “Isla del Maíz Grande”, “Isla Grande del Maíz”, and “Mangle Grande”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corn Island Airport and Our Lady Star of the Sea Church.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corn Island International Airport is a civil-military public that serves Great Corn Island in the of and located in the island's downtown area, known locally as Brig Bay.

Church
Photo: Nic505, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Big Corn Island

Latitude
12.1664° or 12° 9′ 59″ north
Longitude
-83.0514° or 83° 3′ 5″ west
Population
6,130
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
764R5W8X+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20257602
Geo­Names ID
3617785
Wiki­data ID
Q21054021
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Satellite Map

Discover Big Corn Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Big Corn Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Big Corn Island”
  • Cebuano: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • Cebuano: “Great Corn Island”
  • Cebuano: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • Cebuano: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • Cebuano: “Mangle Grande”
  • Dutch: “Big Corn Island”
  • Dutch: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • Dutch: “Great Corn Island”
  • Dutch: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • Dutch: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • Dutch: “Mangle Grande”
  • German: “Big Corn Island”
  • German: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • German: “Great Corn Island”
  • German: “Große Maisinsel”
  • German: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • German: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • German: “Mangle Grande”
  • Papiamento: “Big Corn Island”
  • Papiamento: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • Papiamento: “Great Corn Island”
  • Papiamento: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • Papiamento: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • Papiamento: “Mangle Grande”
  • Russian: “Big Corn Island”
  • Russian: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • Russian: “Great Corn Island”
  • Russian: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • Russian: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • Russian: “Mangle Grande”
  • Russian: “Маис-Гранде”
  • Slovak: “Veľký Kukuričný ostrov”
  • Spanish: “Big Corn Island”
  • Spanish: “Gran Isla de Maíz”
  • Spanish: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • Spanish: “Great Corn Island”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • Spanish: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • Spanish: “Mangle Grande”
  • Swedish: “Big Corn Island”
  • Swedish: “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • Swedish: “Great Corn Island”
  • Swedish: “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • Swedish: “Isla Grande del Maíz”
  • Swedish: “Mangle Grande”
  • “Big Corn Island”
  • “Grande Isla del Maíz”
  • “Great Corn Island”
  • “Isla del Maíz Grande”
  • “Mangle Grande”

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