Qaruh Island
Qaruh Island is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait, which received its name from the large amounts of petroleum sediments in the area. It is the smallest of the nine islands, and also the furthest island from the Kuwaiti mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Kuwait
- Also known as: “Jazīrat Kārū”, “Jazirat Qaruh”, “Jezirat Karu”, “Qarawah”, “Qārawh”, and “Qārū”
Qaruh Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Kuwait, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
28.81772° or 28° 49′ 4″ northLongitude
48.77657° or 48° 46′ 36″ eastOpen location code
7HWCRQ9G+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1293793089OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
285494Wikidata ID
Q2585129
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Qaruh Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة قاروه”
- Arabic: “قاروه”
- Azerbaijani: “Qar adası”
- Bengali: “কারুহ দ্বীপ”
- Cebuano: “Jazīrat Qārūh”
- Croatian: “Qaruh”
- Dutch: “Qaruh Island”
- Japanese: “Qaruh島”
- Japanese: “カル島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qaruh”
- Persian: “قاروه”
- Russian: “Кару”
- Russian: “Карух”
- Slovenian: “Karu”
- Slovenian: “Qaruh”
- Spanish: “Isla Qaruh”
- Swedish: “Jazīrat Qārūh”
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