Abadan Island
Abadan Island is an island in the delta of the Shatt al-Arab in Iran and is the site of the city of Abadan. The island hosted Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's Abadan Refinery, around which Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh's nationalization movement was centered.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Iran
- Also known as: “‘Abbādān Island”, “Ābādān”, “Ābādān Island”, “Jazīrat al Khiḑr”, “Jazīrat-al-Khidhar”, “Jāzirat-al-Khidhr”, “Jazīreh-e-Ābādān”, “Jazireh-ye ‘Abbādān”, “Jazireh-ye Abadan”, “Jazīreh-ye Abādān”, and “Jezirat al Khidhr”
Abadan Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Khuzestan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Abadan Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة عبادان”
- Cebuano: “Jazīreh-ye Ābādān”
- Croatian: “Abadan”
- Croatian: “Hezr”
- Dutch: “Abadan Island”
- Italian: “Abadan”
- Persian: “جزیره آبادان”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ آبادان”
- Persian: “جزیره ابادان”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ ابادان”
- Russian: “Абадан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Abadan (otok)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Abadan”
- Spanish: “Abadan isla”
- Spanish: “Abadan”
- Spanish: “Abadán”
- Swedish: “Jazīreh-ye Ābādān”
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