Kamaran Island

Kamaran is the largest island in the Red Sea. The 108 km island is 18 km long and 7 km wide and is strategically located at the southern end of the Red Sea.
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  • Island
  • …has 2,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 14 metres (46 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KAM
  • Description: island in Yemen
  • Also known as
    “Jazīrat Kamarān”
    “Jazīrat Qamarān”
    “Kamaran”
    “Qamārān”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kamaran Airport.

Aerodrome
Kamaran is an airport serving the village of Kamaran on Kamaran Island in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makram and As-Salif.

Hamlet
is a coastal town on Kamaran Island in the Red Sea. is situated 5 km northwest of Kamaran Island.

Town
is a coastal village in western . is situated 10 km southeast of Kamaran Island.

Kamaran Island

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Latitude
15.3537° or 15° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
42.59436° or 42° 35′ 40″ east
Open location code
7H749H3V+FP
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kamaran Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كمران”
  • Arabic: “كمران، الحديدة”
  • Arabic: “كمران”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kamaran adası”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Камаран”
  • Belarusian: “Камаран”
  • Bengali: “কামারান”
  • Catalan: “Kamaran”
  • Cebuano: “Kamaran Island”
  • Chinese: “卡馬蘭島”
  • Chinese: “卡马兰岛”
  • Czech: “Kamarán”
  • Dutch: “Kamaran”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كمران”
  • Esperanto: “Kamaran”
  • Finnish: “Kamaran”
  • French: “Kamaran”
  • German: “Kamaran”
  • Hebrew: “כמראן”
  • Italian: “Camaran”
  • Italian: “Kamaran”
  • Japanese: “カマラン島”
  • Lithuanian: “Kamaranas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kamaran”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kamaran”
  • Polish: “Dżazirat Kamaran”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Camarão”
  • Portuguese: “Kamaran”
  • Russian: “Камаран”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱢᱟᱨᱟᱱ”
  • Spanish: “Isla Kamaran”
  • Spanish: “Kamaran”
  • Swedish: “Kamaran”
  • Swedish: “Kamarān”
  • Turkish: “Kamaran Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Камаран”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ra’s al Iraki and Mīnā Kamarān.

Yemen: Highlights

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