Ruad Island

Ruad Island is an island in Tartus Governorate, Syria. Ruad Island is situated nearby to the locality Al Arjuwānī, as well as near Ḩayy Muḩammad al Fāḑil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arwad and Tartous.

Arwad

Village

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Arwad, the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad Subdistrict, of which it is the only locality.

Tartous

Photo: Ahmadac, Public domain.

Tartus, an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, is the second largest port in Syria after Latakia and had a population of 115,769 in the 2004 census before the civil war.

Ruad Island

Type: Island
Also known as: “Aradus”, “Arvād”, “Ile de Rouad”, “Jazirat Arwad”, and “Jazīrat Arwād”
Category: landform
Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.85632° or 34° 51′ 23″ north

Longitude

35.85888° or 35° 51′ 32″ east

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

8G6QVV45+GH

GeoNames ID

172879

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Ruad Island” goes by many names.

Arabic: “جزيرة أرواد”

Localities in the Area

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