Kamaran Island

Kamaran is the largest island in the Red Sea. The 108 km2 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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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Yemen
  • Also known as: Jazīrat Kamarān”, “Jazīrat Qamarān”, “Kamaran”, “Kamarān Island”, and “Qamārān

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kamaran Airport.

Aerodrome
Kamaran is an airport serving the village of Kamaran on Kamaran Island in . A poorly defined north–south runway exists, with a reported length of 1,800 metres. The runway is not easily seen, but does have markings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makram and As-Salif.

Hamlet
is a coastal town on Kamaran Island in the Red Sea. It is situated in the Al Hudaydah Governorate of , at. is situated 5 km northwest of Kamaran Island.

Town
is a coastal village in western . It is located in a bay of a headland that forms the southern coast of the Kamaran Bay. is recognized for its large deposits of rock salt. is situated 10 km southeast of Kamaran Island.

Kamaran Island

Latitude
15.3537° or 15° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
42.59436° or 42° 35′ 40″ east
Population
2,200
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
KAM
Open location code
7H749H3V+FP
Geo­Names ID
74012
Wiki­data ID
Q1320260
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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
  • 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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