Elephants Back
Elephants Back is a peninsula in Tawahi, Aden Governorate. Elephants Back is situated nearby to the suburb Mintaqat al Fath, as well as near Hayy al Qulu`ah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gold Mohur Hotel.
Gold Mohur Hotel
Hotel
The Gold Mohur Hotel is a resort hotel on Aden, Yemen. On 29 December 1992, Al Qaeda conducted its first known terrorist attack in Aden, bombing the Gold Mohur Hotel, where U.S. servicemen were known to have been staying en route to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aden and Crater.
Aden
Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the Red Sea. It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences.
Crater
Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.
Elephants Back
- Type: Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
12.76433° or 12° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
44.98775° or 44° 59′ 16″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
7H46QX7Q+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1218233424OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsulaGeoNames ID
75892
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Elephants Back” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ظهر الفيل”
- French: “Elephants Back”
- German: “Elephants Back”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mintaqat al Fath and Hayy al Qulu`ah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elephants Back Lighthouse and ساحل العشاق.
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