Bubiyan Island

Bubiyan Island is the largest island in the coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the , with an area of 863 km2.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Kuwait
  • Also known as: Jazirat Būbyān” and “Jazīrat Būbyān

Bubiyan Island

Latitude
29.76972° or 29° 46′ 11″ north
Longitude
48.25556° or 48° 15′ 20″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
7HXCQ794+V6
Geo­Names ID
285659
Wiki­data ID
Q781268
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bubiyan Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بوبيان
  • Arabic: جزيرة بوبيان
  • Arabic: جَزِيرَة بُوبِيَان
  • Armenian: Բուբիյան
  • Azerbaijani: Bubiyan adası
  • Catalan: Bubiyan
  • Cebuano: Jazīrat Būbiyān
  • Chinese: 布比延岛
  • Croatian: Bubijan
  • Croatian: Bubiyan
  • Czech: Búbiján
  • Dutch: Bubiyan
  • Estonian: Būbiyāni saar
  • Finnish: Bubiyan
  • French: Bubiyan
  • Galician: Illa Bubiyan
  • German: Bubiyan
  • Greek: Μπουμπιγιάν
  • Hebrew: בוביאן
  • Indonesian: Pulau Bubiyan
  • Italian: Bubiyan
  • Italian: Būbiyān
  • Japanese: ブービヤーン島
  • Japanese: ブビヤン島
  • Korean: 부비얀섬
  • Lithuanian: Bubijanas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bubiyan
  • Persian: بوبیان
  • Polish: Dżazirat Bubijan
  • Portuguese: Ilha Bubiyan
  • Russian: Бубиян
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bubijan
  • Spanish: Bubiyan
  • Swedish: Bubiyan
  • Swedish: Jazirat Bubiyan
  • Turkish: Bubiyan
  • Ukrainian: Баб’ян
  • Ukrainian: Бубіян

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