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    Tresco

    Enez Skav, Enys Skaw

    49°57′N 6°20′W

    Tresco (Cornish: Enys Skaw, lit. 'island of elder-trees') is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly. It is 297 ha (1.15 sq mi) in area, measuring about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) by 1.75 km (1.09 mi).

    Looking across Tresco, one of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly 45 km (28 miles) from the coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Photo taken from a helicopter using a Canon PowerShot S70 camera in June 2005.
    Looking across Tresco, one of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly 45 km (28 miles) from the coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Photo taken from a helicopter using a Canon PowerShot S70 camera in June 2005.

    Tom Corser / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    49°57′N 6°20′W

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    Tresco (Cornish: Enys Skaw, lit. 'island of elder-trees') is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly. It is 297 ha (1.15 sq mi) in area, measuring about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) by 1.75 km (1.09 mi).

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Isles of Scilly

    Also in British Isles

    Also in Men-a-vaur

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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