Quadra Island
Quadra Island is the largest island in and the gateway to the Discovery Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The waters surrounding here are popular with boaters and kayakers, and viewing/kayaking with orcas has become a popular attraction.Photo: thievingjoker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quadra Island
- Type: Island
- Description: largest island of the Discovery Islands in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.1997° or 50° 11' 59" northLongitude
-125.2529° or 125° 15' 10" westPopulation
2,470Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)IATA airport code
YQJOpen Location Code
942P5PXW+VRGeoNames ID
6114781Wikidata ID
Q513788Quadra Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Куадра
- Cebuano: Quadra Island
- Chinese: 奎特拉島
- Dutch: Quadra Island
- English (Historic): Valdes Island
- English (Historic): Valdez Island
- French: Île Quadra
- French: île Quadra
- German: Quadra Island
- Japanese: クアドラ島
- Spanish: Isla Quadra
- Swedish: Quadra Island
- Turkish: Quadra Adası
- Turkish: Quadra Island
- Ukrainian: Квадра (острів)
- Vietnamese: Đảo Quadra
- Квадра
Other Places Named Quadra Island
Localities in the Area
- Granite BayHamlet
- Port MaurelleLocality
- Ripple RockLocality
- Surge NarrowsLocality, 10 km east
- Heriot BayVillage, 11 km south
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Quadra Island. Photo: thievingjoker, CC BY-SA 2.0.