Îles du Salut

E424237
archipelago former penal colony

Îles du Salut is a small group of islands off the coast of French Guiana historically used as a notorious French penal colony, including the infamous Devil’s Island.

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Label Occurrences
Îles du Salut canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
former penal colony ⓘ
administeredBy France ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Henri Charrière ⓘ
associatedWithWork Papillon ⓘ
belongsTo European Union outermost regions ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currencyUsed euro ⓘ
currentUse historical site ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
distanceFromCoast about 11 kilometers ⓘ
endTimeOfPenalColony 1953 ⓘ
formerFunction place of exile for common criminals ⓘ
place of exile for political prisoners ⓘ
formerName Islands of Salvation ⓘ
governedAs part of the commune of Kourou ⓘ
hasHeritage French colonial history ⓘ
hasHighestIsland Île Royale ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod era of transportation of convicts from France ⓘ
hasPart Devil’s Island ⓘ
surface form: Devil's Island

Île Royale ⓘ
Île Saint-Joseph ⓘ
Île du Diable ⓘ
hasReputation harsh prison conditions ⓘ
notorious penal colony ⓘ
hasSmallestIsland Île du Diable ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction museum exhibits about the penal colony ⓘ
ruins of prison buildings ⓘ
historicallyUsedAs French penal colony ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
knownFor Devil’s Island ⓘ
surface form: Devil's Island penal colony
languageUsed French ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
locatedNear Kourou ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf French Guiana ⓘ
namedAfter salvation ⓘ
notablePrisonerHeld Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ
notablePrisonerHeldOn Devil’s Island ⓘ
surface form: Devil's Island
originallyNamedFor sailors finding refuge from disease on the mainland ⓘ
partOf French Guiana ⓘ
surface form: overseas region of French Guiana
region South America ⓘ
startTimeOfPenalColony 1852 ⓘ
usedBy French Third Republic ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Devil’s Island → partOf → Îles du Salut ⓘ
Kourou → hasNearbyIsland → Îles du Salut ⓘ