Gran Roque

Gran Roque is a town in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Los Roques Airport and Gran Roque Lighthouse.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland , some 130 kilometres north of .

Lighthouse
Photo: Pedrosanch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Island
Photo: M. Celeste Rabbat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The also known as Cayos Franciskí, is the name of a group of that form part of the National Park in northern . is situated 3½ km northeast of Gran Roque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gran Roque.

Town
Photo: Berrucomons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island, one of the federal dependencies of , located in the southeastern in the archipelago of Los Roques, which has 1.7 km2 in extent, where the majority of the population lives. is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.

Gran Roque

Latitude
11.94753° or 11° 56′ 51″ north
Longitude
-66.67811° or 66° 40′ 41″ west
Open location code
773MW8XC+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 856732986
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
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Satellite Map

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