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Tortuga Island [1] [2] (French: Île de la Tortue, IPA: [il də la tɔʁty]; Haitian Creole: Latòti; Spanish: Isla Tortuga, IPA: [ˈisla toɾˈtuɣa], Turtle Island) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola.
Tortug'Air S.A. was a domestic airline in Haiti, and served as Haiti's national flag carrier. [1] The airline was founded in March 2003, and was based in Port-au-Prince. [2] According to the airline, more than 200 people were employed with the company. Tortug' Air went out of business sometime between mid-March to August, 2015.
Map of Haiti Navassa Island Map of Les Cayemites Caye Sable Gonâve Island Tortuga Island in colonial times. This is a list of islands of Haiti. Most of The Republic of Haiti is situated on the western portion of Hispaniola, an island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. There are approximately 59 islands in Haiti making it one of the ...
Fort de Rocher (sometimes called Fort de la Roche or Dovecote) was a seventeenth-century fortress on the Caribbean island of Tortuga, northwest of Haiti. [1] It was built and utilized by buccaneers as the primary defense of the island to prevent encroachment of Spanish forces. The fortress lies in ruin today, with only the foundations remaining.
Tortuga (Haiti), a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti; La Tortuga Island, Venezuela, an uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea; Tortuga Island (Galapagos), Ecuador, an uninhabited island in the Galapagos Archipelago; Tortuga Island, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a volcanic island in the Gulf of California
Tortuga island, once the biggest pirate base in the Caribbean is a popular tourist site and is represented frequently in films and movies based on piracy. Named for the smooth shape that reminded travelers of a turtle's shell, Tortuga's best beach is Pointe Saline at the western tip of the small island. There are several ruined forts along the ...
Tortuga (Haiti), a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti; Tortugas Banks, coral reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Tortuga Bay, a bay on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos; Tortuga Island (disambiguation) Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the United States
Freeport Tortuga was a free port project by Dupont Caribbean Inc. of Texas, which began construction in 1971 based upon a 99-year contract with the government of Haiti.The location of the freeport was the old buccaneer stronghold of Tortuga island located some 10 miles off the north coast of the main Haitian island of Hispaniola, which is also shared by the Dominican Republic.