Sandspit
Sandspit is only town on Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Sandspit is the main jumping off point for those flying in from Vancouver and to Haida Gwaii as well as for those wanting to explore Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.
- Type: Village with 296 residents
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Sandspit, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandspit Airport.
Sandspit Airport
Aerodrome
K'il Kun Xidgwangs Daanaay, formerly known as Sandspit Airport, is located 1.5 nautical miles northeast of Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada.
Sandspit
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.2435° or 53° 14′ 37″ north
Longitude
-131.8281° or 131° 49′ 41″ west
Population
296
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
YZP
United Nations Location Code
CA SSP
Open location code
945C65VC+CP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Portuguese—“Sandspit” goes by many names.
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