Volvo Island
Volvo Island is a small man-made island in a flooded strip mine near Ottawa, Illinois, United States. The island's name references its sole occupant: a 2001 Volvo S80 sedan.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roxy Cinemas.
Roxy Cinemas
Movie theater
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roxy Cinemas is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ miles west of Volvo Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dayton and Ottawa.
Dayton
Village
Dayton is a census-designated place in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The community was built along the Fox River a few miles north of Ottawa. Dayton is situated 2 miles north of Volvo Island.
Ottawa
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ottawa is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago to the Mississippi River.
Naplate
Village
Naplate is a village in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 412 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Naplate is situated 4½ miles west of Volvo Island.
Volvo Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: artificial island in Illinois
- Categories: artificial island, lake island, rock, tourism, tourist attraction, locality, and landform
- Location: LaSalle County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.35467° or 41° 21′ 17″ northLongitude
-88.79791° or 88° 47′ 53″ westNamed after
VolvoOpen location code
86HH9632+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 904266230OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q132774773
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Satellite Map
Discover Volvo Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Volvo Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Volvo eiland”
- Finnish: “Volvo Island”
- French: “Volvo Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Volvo”
- Italian: “Isola della Volvo”
- Latvian: “Volvo sala”
- Lithuanian: “Volvo sala”
- Malay: “Pulau Volvo”
- Spanish: “Isla Volvo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Moores Island and Dayton Bluffs Preserve.
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