Santa Cruz Islands

The Santa Cruz Islands form an archipelago in , . They lie approximately 250 miles to the southeast of the , just north of the archipelago of and are considered part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group in the Pacific Ocean
  • Also known as: Nitendi” and “Queen Charlotte Islands
  • Historically known as: Santa Cruz Group

Santa Cruz Islands

Latitude
-11.3328° or 11° 19′ 58″ south
Longitude
166.3763° or 166° 22′ 35″ east
Open location code
5VW8M98G+VG
Geo­Names ID
2178509
Wiki­data ID
Q148839
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Santa Cruz Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزر سانتا كروز
  • Armenian: Սանտա Կրուս
  • Asturian: Islles Santa Cruz
  • Basque: Santa Cruz uharteak
  • Belarusian: астравы Санта-Крус
  • Breton: Inizi Santa Cruz
  • Bulgarian: Санта Круз
  • Bulgarian: Санта Крус
  • Catalan: Illes Santa Cruz
  • Cebuano: Santa Cruz Islands
  • Chinese: 圣克鲁斯群岛
  • Chinese: 聖克魯斯群島
  • Czech: Santa Cruz
  • Danish: Santa Cruz-øerne
  • Dutch: Santa Cruz eilanden
  • Dutch: Santa Cruz-eilanden
  • Dutch: Santa Cruzeilanden
  • Esperanto: Santakruzaj insuloj
  • Finnish: Santa Cruzin saaret
  • French: Iles Santa Cruz
  • French: îles Santa Cruz
  • French: Îles Santa Cruz
  • French: Santa Cruz
  • Galician: Illas Santa Cruz
  • Georgian: სანტა-კრუსის კუნძულები
  • German: Santa Cruz Islands
  • German: Santa-Cruz-Inseln
  • Greek: Νησιά Σάντα Κρουζ
  • Greek: Νήσοι Σάντα Κρουζ
  • Hebrew: איי סנטה קרוז
  • Hungarian: Santa Cruz-szigetek
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Santa Cruz
  • Italian: Isole Santa Cruz
  • Japanese: サンタ・クルーズ諸島
  • Japanese: サンタクルーズ諸島
  • Korean: 산타크루스 제도
  • Korean: 산타크루즈 제도
  • Lithuanian: Santa Kruso salos
  • Lower Sorbian: Santakrucowe kupy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Santa Cruz-øyene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Santa Cruz-øyane
  • Norwegian: Santa Cruz-øyene
  • Polish: Wyspy Santa Cruz
  • Portuguese: Ilhas de Santa Cruz
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Santa Cruz
  • Russian: Острова Санта-Крус
  • Russian: Санта-Крус
  • Slovenian: Otočje Santa Cruz
  • Slovenian: Svetokriški otoki
  • Spanish: Islas Santa Cruz
  • Swedish: Santa Cruz Islands
  • Swedish: Santa Cruzöarna
  • Ukrainian: Острови Санта-Крус
  • Ukrainian: Санта-Крус
  • Upper Sorbian: Santakrucowe kupy
  • Western Frisian: Santa Cruzeilannen
  • Western Mari: Санта-Крус ошмаотывлӓ

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