2007-01-22 06:12:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Tortuga or Isla Tortuga, officially Île de la Tortue after the French takeover, is a Caribbean island which is part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Haiti, constituting the commune of Île de la Tortue, Port-de-Paix arrondissement of the Nord-Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located at 20.0666667° N 72.8166667° W and has an area of 180 km² (69 mi²).[1] Its population was 22,080 in 1982 (Britannica online 2006). Its name in both Spanish and French means "Turtle Island" or "Tortoise Island", and it is sometimes called that in English. In the 17th century, it was a major center of piracy.
2007-01-22 06:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Tortuga is in Hispanola and is often called Turtle Island
2007-01-22 06:18:09 · answer #2 · answered by gotro 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Tortuga
off North Haiti. It was a notorious rendezvous of pirates in the 17th century. It is called Ãle de la Tortue by the Haitians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuga
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2007-01-22 12:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by A Pirate's Life For ME ;) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its just East, Southeast of cuba. See map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuga
2007-01-22 06:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by quaver 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a small island off the north west of Haiti
2007-01-22 06:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Caribbean; they make delicious rum cake.
2007-01-22 06:20:00 · answer #6 · answered by pinwheelbandit 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would say it's somewhere in the caribbean...
2007-01-22 06:20:06 · answer #7 · answered by adrianne 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
in the carribean i guess...
2007-01-22 06:16:28 · answer #8 · answered by *BiTTeR sWeeT* 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋