Tiwai Island

Tiwai Island is a river island and wildlife sanctuary in . In 2025 it was listed as a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site together with nearby .
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Tiwai Island

Latitude
7.5638° or 7° 33′ 50″ north
Longitude
-11.3446° or 11° 20′ 41″ west
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
Open location code
6CVCHM74+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 884212858
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2403387
Wiki­data ID
Q1504757
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Satellite Map

Discover Tiwai Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Tiwai Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “illa Tiwai”
  • Danish: “Tiwaiøen”
  • Finnish: “Tiwai-saari”
  • Finnish: “Tiwai”
  • French: “île Tiwai”
  • French: “Île Tiwai”
  • Galician: “Illa de Tiwai”
  • German: “Tiwai”
  • Hebrew: “טיוואי (סיירה לאון)”
  • Hebrew: “טיוואי”
  • Italian: “Tiwai”
  • Maltese: “Gżira ta’ Tiwai”
  • Maltese: “Tiwai”
  • Polish: “Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary”
  • Polish: “Tiwai Island”
  • Polish: “Tiwai”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Tiwai”
  • Portuguese: “Tiwai”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gola-Tiwai”
  • Spanish: “Isla Tiwai”
  • Turkish: “Tiwai Adası”
  • “Tiwai”

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