Key facts
- Location
- Gulf of Gonâve
- Area
- 689.62 km (266.26 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 778 m (2552 ft)
- Highest point
- Morne La Pierre
- Department
- Ouest
- Largest settlement
- Anse-à-Galets (pop. 49,050)
- Demonym
- Gonâvians
- Population
- 87,077 (2015)
- Pop density
- 126/km (326/sq mi)
- Foundation
- concrete base
- Construction
- metal skeletal tower
- Height
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Shape
- square pyramidal tower with balcony and light
- Markings
- white tower
- Power source
- solar power
- Focal height
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Range
- 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
- Characteristic
- Q(6)+LFI W 15s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- arrondissement of Haiti
- Part of
- Greater Antilles
- Country
- Haiti
- Located in
- Ouest
- Capital
- Anse-à-Galets
- Population
- 79188
- Area
- 743
- Body of water
- Caribbean Sea
- Location
- Caribbean Sea
- Image
- Gonave.jpg
- Width
- 16
- Length
- 56
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- Commons category
- Île de la Gonâve
- different from
- Gonaïves
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Encyclopedic overview
Gonâve Island or Zile Lagonav (French: Île de la Gonâve, pronounced [ɡɔ.nɑv]; also La Gonâve) is an island of Haiti located west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest of the Hispaniolan satellite islands. The island is an arrondissement (Arrondissement de La Gonâve) or Ouest-Insulaire in the Ouest and includes the communes of Anse-à-Galets and Pointe-à-Raquette.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gonâve Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.