North Island

North Island is an islet in , . North Island is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the quarter .
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Famagusta District, Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Maymun Adası”, “Mesa Nisa”, and “Messa Nisi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral and Church of St. George of the Latins.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and later as the Saint Sophia Mosque of Mağusa, is the largest medieval building in , .

Church
Photo: Haubi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo: Gerdl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The fortifications of Famagusta are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of in . The walls were built by the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus in the 14th century, and redesigned by Republic of Venice in 15th and 16th centuries before the siege of Ottoman Empire in 1571.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Famagusta and Varosha.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a city in , with a population of 55,648 in 2019. It's a seaport and tourist resort and has a walled old centre created in the 13th century.

Suburb
Photo: Andrew Milligan sumo, CC BY 2.0.
is the southern quarter of , a de jure territory of , currently under the control of . had a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census. The area of is 6.19 km2.

Village
Photo: Lokal Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village near in . It is a short distance from a prominent 2nd millennium BC archaeological site also named . is under the de facto control of . is situated 7 km northwest of North Island.

North Island

Latitude
35.13134° or 35° 7′ 53″ north
Longitude
33.94701° or 33° 56′ 49″ east
Open location code
8G7M4WJW+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 884399835
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
146302
Wiki­data ID
Q22988483
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“North Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Messa Nisi”
  • Greek: “Νησί των Μαϊμουνιών”
  • Swedish: “Messa Nisi”

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