Carriacou
Carriacou is the second-largest island of the Caribbean nation of Grenada. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide, and in 2022 had a population of 6081. It's a quiet relaxing place where the main attraction is scuba diving on its coral reefs.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Grenada
- Also known as: “Carriacou and Petite Martinique”, “Carriacou Island”, and “Carriouacou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lauriston Airport.
Lauriston Airport
Aerodrome
Lauriston Airport is an airport located west of Hillsborough, the main town on the island of Carriacou in Grenada. It is also known as Carriacou Island Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillsborough and Bogles.
Hillsborough
Town
Carriacou
- Category: landform
- Location: Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.4829° or 12° 28′ 58″ north
Longitude
-61.4598° or 61° 27′ 35″ west
Population
9,600
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
IATA airport code
CRU
Open location code
774WFGMR+43
OpenStreetMap ID
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Carriacou” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارياكو”
- Asturian: “Carriacou”
- Basque: “Carriacou”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Карыёка”
- Belarusian: “Карыёка”
- Belarusian: “Карыяку”
- Catalan: “Carriacou Island”
- Cebuano: “Carriacou Island”
- Chinese: “卡里亚库岛”
- Chinese: “卡里亞固島”
- Chinese: “卡里亞庫島”
- Czech: “Carriacou”
- Dutch: “Carriacou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كارياكو ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كارياكو”
- Finnish: “Carriacou”
- French: “Carriacou”
- French: “île de Carriacou”
- Galician: “Carriacou”
- German: “Carriacou”
- German: “GD-10”
- Greek: “Γεωγραφία της Καρριακού”
- Greek: “Εθνικά σύμβολα της Καρριακού”
- Greek: “Ιστορία της Καρριακού”
- Greek: “Καρριακού”
- Greek: “Κατάλογος οικισμών της Καρριακού”
- Hebrew: “קאריקו”
- Indonesian: “Carriacou”
- Italian: “Carriacou”
- Japanese: “カリアク島”
- Korean: “카리아쿠섬”
- Latvian: “Kariaku”
- Lithuanian: “Karioka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carriacou”
- Norwegian: “Carriacou”
- Polish: “Carriacou”
- Portuguese: “Carriacou”
- Russian: “Кариока”
- Russian: “Карриаку”
- Slovenian: “Carriacou”
- Slovenian: “GD-10”
- Spanish: “Carriacou”
- Swedish: “Carriacou Island”
- Tatar: “Карриаку утравы”
- Turkish: “Carriacou Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Каріока”
- Ukrainian: “Карріаку”
- Urdu: “کاریاکؤ”
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