Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring Island is in the of . Salt Spring is the largest both in area and population of the Southern Gulf Islands.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Île de Saltspring”, “Ile Saltspring”, “Insula fontium salariorum”, “Insulo Salt Spring”, “Saltspring Island”, and “SSI”

Salt Spring Island

Latitude
48.8116° or 48° 48′ 42″ north
Longitude
-123.4973° or 123° 29′ 50″ west
Population
10,200
Elevation
277 metres (909 feet)
IATA airport code
YSQ
UN/LOCODE
CA SSI and CA YSQ
Open location code
84WRRG63+J3
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Salt Spring Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سولت سبرينغ”
  • Bulgarian: “Солтспринг (остров)”
  • Bulgarian: “Солтспринг”
  • Catalan: “Salt Spring Island”
  • Cebuano: “Saltspring Island”
  • Chinese: “鹽泉島”
  • Dutch: “Saltspring Island”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Saltspring”
  • French: “Île Salt Spring”
  • French: “île Saltspring”
  • French: “Île Saltspring”
  • German: “Saltspring Island”
  • Italian: “Salt Spring Island”
  • Japanese: “ソルトスプリング島”
  • Latin: “Saltspring Island”
  • Persian: “جزیره سالت‌اسپرینگ”
  • Romanian: “Insula Saltspring”
  • Spanish: “Isla Saltspring”
  • Swedish: “Saltspring Island”
  • Turkish: “Saltspring Adası”
  • Urdu: “سالٹسپرنگ آئی لینڈ”

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