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Galite Island

7.5 km² of land in Tunisia.

N 1 km

BeachesPeaks

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

7.5km²

Area

20km

Coastline

391m

Highest point

26°C

Warmest sea

August

Island in Tunisia

Galite Island is an island in Tunisia. It belongs to Galite Islands. It covers 7.5 km², with 20 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 391 m.

Getting there

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Plan the trip

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On the island

What you find on Galite Island.

11beaches
1marinas
2named peaksGrand Sommet, Eastern Summit

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Galite Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Galite Island, each with its own numbers.

1mountainPeakyas

1 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Bout de Somme

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 146 m above the sea. 72 % of it is below 200 m.

19 %0–50 m
53 %50–200 m
28 %200–500 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Galite Island8 km²

Capri10 km²

Manhattan54 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	−0.1	+0.1	+0.7
2021	±0.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	+0.8	+0.8	+1.1	+1.1	+1.1	+0.7	+0.6	−0.4
2022	+0.1	+0.3	−0.2	−0.2	+0.8	+1.9	+2.3	+1.9	+1.7	+1.5	+1.4	+1.1
2023	+1.0	+0.7	+0.9	+0.8	+0.4	+1.0	+3.1	+0.9	+0.7	+2.1	+1.5	+0.9
2024	+0.8	+1.2	+1.0	+0.9	+1.1	+1.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.8	+1.1	+2.0	+1.2
2025	+0.9	+1.0	+1.1	+1.1	+1.1	+2.3	+2.5	+0.4	+1.7	+1.3	+1.4	+0.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

La Galite island (MCPA of La Galite Archipelago) — Anis Zarrouk · CC BY-SA 4.0

Galite from Cap Serrat — DrFO.Jr.Tn · CC BY 3.0

Galite-Galiton — IssamBarhoumi · CC BY-SA 4.0

Galite island — Majbri wael · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Ìsola di Sant'Antìoco

Italy111 km²267 m173 km away

San Pietro Island

Italy51 km²211 m189 km away

Zembra

Tunisia4.3 km²435 m172 km away

Sardinia

Italy23,813 km²1,778 m281 km away

Pantelleria Island

Italy83 km²828 m284 km away

Srîdjîna

Algeria0.04 km²192 km away

Marettimo

Italy12 km²686 m280 km away

Levanzo

Italy5.8 km²278 m304 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q42380366) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0