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North Coast Regional District

Sandspit

Sandspit is only town on Moresby Island, , . Sandspit is the main jumping off point for those flying in from and to Haida Gwaii as well as for those wanting to explore .
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  • 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.

Aerodrome
Photo: Sam Beebe, CC BY 2.0.
K'il Kun Xidgwangs Daanaay, formerly known as , is located 1.5 nautical miles northeast of Sandspit, , .

Sandspit

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
node 647448627
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6140529
Wiki­data ID
Q2518059
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Portuguese—“Sandspit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساندسبيت، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Catalan: “Sandspit”
  • Chinese: “沙嘴市”
  • Dutch: “Sandspit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساندسبيت”
  • Finnish: “Sandspit”
  • French: “Sandspit”
  • Irish: “Sandspit”
  • Italian: “Sandspit”
  • Japanese: “サンドスピット”
  • Portuguese: “Sandspit”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sandspit”. Photo: rdcalldude, CC BY-SA 3.0.