Gran Roque

Gran Roque is an island, one of the federal dependencies of , located in the southeastern in the archipelago of Los Roques, which has 1.7 km2 in extent, where the majority of the population lives. is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Los Roques Airport and Gran Roque Lighthouse.

Aerodrome
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is a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland , some 130 kilometres north of .

Lighthouse
Photo: Pedrosanch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Island
Photo: M. Celeste Rabbat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The also known as Cayos Franciskí, is the name of a group of that form part of the National Park in northern . is situated 3 km northeast of Gran Roque.

Gran Roque

Latitude
11.94786° or 11° 56′ 52″ north
Longitude
-66.67656° or 66° 40′ 36″ west
Population
1,500
Open location code
773MW8XF+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2612608301
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q3110081
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Satellite Map

Discover Gran Roque from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gran Roque” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Isla El Gran Roque”
  • Chinese: “格兰罗克岛”
  • Dutch: “Gran Roque”
  • French: “Gran Roque”
  • Japanese: “グラン・ロク島”
  • Japanese: “グラン・ロケ島”
  • Latvian: “Granroke”
  • Portuguese: “Gran Roque”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gran Roque”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍රාන් රොක්, වෙනිසියුලාව”
  • Spanish: “Gran Roque”
  • Spanish: “Isla Gran Roque”
  • Swedish: “Gran Roque”
  • “Gran Roque”
  • “Isla El Gran Roque”

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