Stoelmanseiland
Sign in to saveStoelmanseiland (or Stoelie) is an island, and a village in the Paramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District in Suriname. It is located at the confluence of the Tapanahony River with the Lawa River which forms the Marowijne River, and is also the border with French Guiana.
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Vinony's link graph records 86 inbound references to Stoelmanseiland, and connects out to Aurora, Suriname and French Guiana.
It sits within the topics Islands of Suriname and Populated places in Sipaliwini District.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Suriname
- Body of water
- Lawa River
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Stoelmanseiland (or Stoelie) is an island, and a village in the Paramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District in Suriname. It is located at the confluence of the Tapanahony River with the Lawa River which forms the Marowijne River, and is also the border with French Guiana.
Stoelmanseiland was named after Philip Samuel Stoelman who founded a military outpost on the island in December 1791, during his fight against the Aluku.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stoelmanseiland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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