Abadan Island

Abadan Island is an island in the delta of the Shatt al-Arab in and is the site of the city of . The island hosted Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's Abadan Refinery, around which Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh's nationalization movement was centered.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Iran
  • Also known as: “‘Abbādān Island”, “Ābādān”, “Abadan isla”, “Ābādān Island”, “Hezr”, “Jazīrat al Khiḑr”, “Jazīrat-al-Khidhar”, “Jāzirat-al-Khidhr”, “Jazīreh-e-Ābādān”, “Jazireh-ye ‘Abbādān”, “Jazireh-ye Abadan”, “Jazīreh-ye Abādān”, “Jezirat al Khidhr”, “جزیرهٔ آبادان”, “جزیره ابادان”, and “جزیرهٔ ابادان”

Abadan Island

Latitude
30.0763° or 30° 4′ 35″ north
Longitude
48.5654° or 48° 33′ 55″ east
Open location code
8H2C3HG8+G5
Geo­Names ID
145457
Wiki­data ID
Q2088764
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Abadan Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة عبادان”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīreh-ye Ābādān”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی ئابەدان”
  • Croatian: “Abadan”
  • Dutch: “Abadan Island”
  • Italian: “Abadan”
  • Persian: “جزیره آبادان”
  • Russian: “Абадан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abadan (otok)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abadan”
  • Spanish: “Abadán”
  • Swedish: “Jazīreh-ye Ābādān”

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Places to explore: Ābshīn and Qofas.

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Highlights: Damāgheh-ye Qaşabeh and Ra’s ol Ābādān.

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