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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an island and county five miles off the of . It is easily and quickly accessible by multiple sea routes from the mainland cities of and .
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is a town on the Isle of Wight in southern . Photo: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0.

is the county town of the Isle of Wight. It is in the centre of the island on the River Medina. Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.

is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of . Photo: Ian Stannard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The town of on the south coast of the Isle of Wight was a Victorian spa, and has an architectural style different to the rest of the island. Photo: Editor5807, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.

is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.

lies on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, and is situated almost midway between the island’s historical capital of and the Victorian gateway of . Photo: Arriva436, CC BY 3.0.

are seaside towns on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Isle of Wight

Latitude of center
50.676° or 50° 40' 33.5" north
Longitude of center
-1.2962° or 1° 17' 46.3" west
Population
140,000
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609015

Also Known As

  • Afrikaans: Eiland Wight
  • Arabic: Puro han Wight
  • Arabic: وايت
  • Armenian: Ուայթ կղզի
  • Asturian; Bable: Islla de Wight
  • Azerbaijani: Vayt adası
  • Basque: Wight
  • Belarusian: Ўайт
  • Belarusian: Востраў Уайт
  • Belarusian: Уайт
  • Belarusian: востраў Ўайт
  • Bengali: আইল অফ ওয়াইট
  • Breton: Enez Wight
  • Bulgarian: Уайт
  • Burmese: ဝိုက်ကျွန်း
  • Burmese: အယ်လော့ဝိုက်
  • Catalan: Illa de Wight
  • Catalan: illa de Wight
  • Cebuano: Isle of Wight
  • Chinese: Wight
  • Chinese: 威特島
  • Chinese: 怀特岛郡
  • Croatian: Otok Wight
  • Croatian: Wight
  • Czech: Wight
  • Danish: Isle of Wight
  • Dutch: Isle of Wight
  • Dutch: Wight
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100): Wiht
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100): Ƿiht
  • English: Ceremonial County Isle of Wight
  • English: Wight
  • Esperanto: Isle of Wight
  • Estonian: Wight
  • Faroese: Isle of Wight
  • Finnish: Isle of Wight
  • French: Île de Wight
  • French: île de Wight
  • Gallegan: Illa de Wight
  • Georgian: უაიტი
  • German: Isle of Wight
  • Greek: Νήσος Ουάιτ
  • Gujarati: આઇલ ઓફ વાઈટ
  • Hebrew: האי וייט
  • Hindi: आइल ऑफ़ वाइट
  • Hungarian: Wight-sziget
  • Icelandic: Wighteyja
  • Ido: Insulo di Wight
  • Indonesian: Pulau Wight
  • Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Isle of Wight
  • Irish: Inis Iocht
  • Italian: isola di Wight
  • Japanese: ワイト島
  • Kannada: ಐಲ್ ಆಫ್ ವಿಟ್
  • Khmer: កោះវ៉ាយធ៍
  • Korean: 아일오브와이트주
  • Latin: Vecta
  • Latvian: Vaita
  • Letzeburgesch: Insel Wight
  • Lithuanian: Vaito sala
  • Macedonian: Вајт
  • Malay (generic): Pulau Wight
  • Manx: Ellan Eeaght
  • Marathi: आईल ऑफ वाइट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Wight
  • Mirandese: Ilha de Wight
  • Narom: Wique
  • Northern Frisian: Eilun Wight
  • Norwegian: Isle of Wight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Isle of Wight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Wight
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Isle of Wight
  • Ossetian; Ossetic: Сакъадах Уайт
  • Panjabi: ਆੲੀਲ ਆਫ਼ ਵਾੲੀਟ
  • Persian: جزیره وایت
  • Polish: Wight
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Wight
  • Romanian: Insula Wight
  • Russian: Остров Уайт
  • Russian: Уайт
  • Scots: Isle o Wight
  • Serbian: Острво Вајт
  • Serbo-Croatian: Isle of Wight
  • Sicilian: Ìsula di Wight
  • Slovak: Wight
  • Slovenian: Isle of Wight
  • Sorbian, Lower: Isle of Wight
  • Sorbian, Upper: Isle of Wight
  • Sorbian, Upper: Wight
  • Spanish: Isla de Wight
  • Swahili (generic): Kisiwa cha Wight
  • Swedish: Isle of Wight
  • Tagalog: Pulo ng Wight
  • Tajik: Ҷазираи Уайт
  • Tamil: வைட்டுத் தீவு
  • Telugu: ఇస్లే అఫ్ వెయిట్
  • Thai: ไอล์ออฟไวต์
  • Turkish: Wight Adası
  • Ukrainian: Острів Вайт
  • Urdu: آئل آف ویٹ
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Wight
  • Vlaams: Eiland Wight
  • Volapük: Isle of Wight
  • Waray (Philippines): Puro han Wight
  • Welsh: Ynys Wyth
  • Wu Chinese: 怀特岛郡
  • Yiddish: אינזל פון ווייט
  • Yue Chinese: 威特島
  • Insula de Wight
  • Insulo Wight
  • Isola di Wight
  • Остров Вајт
  • វ៉ែត

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