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Guadeloupe

Grande-Terre

Grande-Terre Island is the name of the eastern-half of proper, in the . It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe island, , by a narrow sea channel called Rivière Salée. , in Grande-Terre, is the northernmost point of Guadeloupe island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Guadeloupe, France
  • Also known as: “Cibuqueira” and “Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-André de Morne-à-l’Eau and Cemetery of Morne-à-l’Eau.

Church
Photo: Enrevseluj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Cemetery
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morne-à-l’Eau and Jabrun.

Town
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morne-à-l'Eau is a commune located in the department of .

Locality
is a settlement in in the commune of , on the island of Grande-Terre. , Malignon, and Jabrun-du-Sud are to the west.

Hamlet
is a settlement in in the commune of , on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of and to the west of and .

Grande-Terre

Latitude
16.3262° or 16° 19′ 34″ north
Longitude
-61.4279° or 61° 25′ 40″ west
Population
197,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
778W8HGC+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3178316364
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3579202
Wiki­data ID
Q527799
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Grande-Terre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غران تار (جزيرة)”
  • Arabic: “غراند تير”
  • Catalan: “Grande-Terre”
  • Cebuano: “Grande-Terre”
  • Chinese: “格朗德特尔岛”
  • Czech: “Grande-Terre”
  • Danish: “Grande-Terre”
  • Dutch: “Grande-Terre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جراند تير”
  • Esperanto: “Grande-Terre”
  • Finnish: “Grande-Terre”
  • French: “Grande-Terre”
  • French: “Île de Grande-Terre”
  • Galician: “Grande-Terre”
  • German: “Grande-Terre”
  • Greek: “Γκραντ-Τερ”
  • Japanese: “グランド・テール”
  • Japanese: “グランド・テール島”
  • Japanese: “グランド＝テール”
  • Japanese: “グランド＝テール島”
  • Korean: “그랑드 테르”
  • Korean: “그랑드테르”
  • Lithuanian: “Grand Teras”
  • Macedonian: “Гранд Тер”
  • Northern Frisian: “Grande-Terre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grande-Terre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Granntè”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gwanntè”
  • Norwegian: “Grande-Terre”
  • Polish: “Grande-Terre”
  • Portuguese: “Grande-Terre”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Тер (архипелаг Кергелен)”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Тер”
  • Spanish: “Grande-Terre”
  • Swedish: “Grand-Terre”
  • Swedish: “Grande-Terre”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-Тер”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-Терр”
  • Vietnamese: “Grande-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 Wikipedia page “Grande-Terre”. Photo: KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0.