Isla Malpelo

Malpelo Island is in the Pacific Ocean 400 km west of . The island has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Some divers know it as "shark heaven."…
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Colombian island
  • Also known as: “Archipiélago Malpelo”
  • Historically known as: “Malpelo Island”

Isla Malpelo

Latitude
4.0031° or 4° 0′ 11″ north
Longitude
-81.6091° or 81° 36′ 33″ west
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
Open location code
66PW293R+69
Open­Street­Map ID
way 13794435
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3675570
Wiki­data ID
Q750683
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Isla Malpelo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մալպելո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Malpelo adası”
  • Basque: “Malpelo uhartea”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Malpelo”
  • Cebuano: “Isla Malpelo”
  • Chinese: “馬爾佩洛島”
  • Chinese: “马尔佩洛岛”
  • Croatian: “Malpelo”
  • Czech: “Malpelo Island”
  • Czech: “Malpelo”
  • Danish: “Malpelo Island”
  • Danish: “Malpelo”
  • Dutch: “Malpelo Island”
  • Dutch: “Malpelo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لا ريجيون اينسولار ديل پاسيفيكو فلورا واى فاونا”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Malpelo”
  • Finnish: “Malpelo”
  • Finnish: “Malpelosaari”
  • French: “Ile de Malpelo”
  • French: “île de Malpelo”
  • French: “Île de Malpelo”
  • French: “Malpelo”
  • Galician: “Illa de Malpelo”
  • Georgian: “მალპელო”
  • German: “Malpelo Island”
  • German: “Malpelo”
  • Hebrew: “האי מלפלו”
  • Hebrew: “מלפלו”
  • Hungarian: “Malpelo Fauna- és Flórarezervátum”
  • Italian: “Isola di Malpelo”
  • Italian: “isola Malpelo”
  • Italian: “Isola Malpelo”
  • Japanese: “マルペロ動植物保護区”
  • Japanese: “マルペロ島”
  • Latvian: “Malpelo”
  • Lithuanian: “Malpelas”
  • Lithuanian: “Malpelo sala”
  • Maltese: “Gżira ta‘ Malpelo”
  • Maltese: “Malpelo”
  • Maltese: “Santwarju tal-Fawna u tal-Flora ta‘ Malpelo”
  • Persian: “جزیره مالپلو”
  • Polish: “Malpelo”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Malpelo”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Malpelo”
  • Portuguese: “Malpelo”
  • Russian: “Мальпело”
  • Russian: “Остров Мальпело”
  • Slovenian: “Malpelo (otok)”
  • Slovenian: “Malpelo”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Malpelo”
  • Spanish: “Isla Malpelo”
  • Spanish: “Malpelo”
  • Swedish: “Malpelo”
  • Turkish: “Malpelo Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Мальпело”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Мальпело”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Malpelo”

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