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Salvation Islands
Group of islands off the coast of French Guiana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Salvation Islands (French: Îles du Salut, so called because the missionaries went there to escape plague on the mainland), sometimes mistakenly[citation needed] called the Safety Islands, are a group of small islands of volcanic[citation needed] origin about 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) off the coast of French Guiana, 14 kilometres (7+1⁄2 nautical miles) north of Kourou, in the Atlantic Ocean. Although closer to Kourou, the islands are part of Cayenne commune (municipality), specifically Cayenne 1er Canton Nord-Ouest.
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