Quadra Island
Quadra Island is the largest island in and the gateway to the Discovery Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The waters surrounding here are popular with boaters and kayakers, and viewing/kayaking with orcas has become a popular attraction.
- Type: Island
- Description: largest island of the Discovery Islands in British Columbia, Canada
- Historically known as: “Valdes Island” and “Valdez Island”
Quadra Island
- Categories: administrative territorial entity and landform
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.1997° or 50° 11′ 59″ north
Longitude
-125.2529° or 125° 15′ 10″ west
Population
2,470
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
IATA airport code
YQJ
Open location code
942P5PXW+VR
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Vietnamese—“Quadra Island” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Куадра”
- Cebuano: “Quadra Island”
- Chinese: “奎特拉島”
- Dutch: “Quadra Island”
- French: “île Quadra”
- French: “Île Quadra”
- German: “Quadra Island”
- Japanese: “クアドラ島”
- Spanish: “Isla Quadra”
- Swedish: “Quadra Island”
- Turkish: “Quadra Adası”
- Turkish: “Quadra Island”
- Ukrainian: “Квадра (острів)”
- Ukrainian: “Квадра”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Quadra”
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