Ras Rakan
Ras Rakan is the northernmost point in the Qatari Peninsula and is located in Al Shamal. It is the north-western point of an islet called Jazirat Ras Rakan, but as the channel between this islet and the mainland is not passable for boats, Jazirat Ras Rakan may be regarded as forming the northern extremity of the promontory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: point
- Also known as: “Jazīrat Ra’s Rakan”, “Jazirat Rakan”, “Jazīrat Rakan”, and “Jazīrat Rukn”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ar-Ruʼays and Al Shamal.
Ar-Ruʼays
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ar-Ruʼays, also spelled Al Ruwais, is a port town in the Qatari municipality of Al Shamal. It is located on the northern tip of Qatar, approximately 127 km north of the capital Doha.
Al Shamal
Photo: Xavier Bouchevreau, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al Shamal is a municipality in the state of Qatar. The seaside teems with local dhow boats. Al Ruwais is part of a conglomeration of towns in the municipality of Madinat ash Shamal, including Al Ruwais and Abu Dahlouf.
Ras Rakan
- Categories: cape, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.17563° or 26° 10′ 32″ northLongitude
51.22992° or 51° 13′ 48″ eastOpen location code
7HRH56GH+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 12982082OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ras Rakan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جَزِيرَة رَأْس رَكَن”
- Arabic: “جزيرة ركن”
- Arabic: “رأس راكان”
- Cebuano: “Ra’s Rakan”
- Croatian: “Ras Rakan”
- Greek: “Ρας Ρακάν”
- Hausa: “Ras Rakan”
- Japanese: “ラアス・ラーカーン”
- Japanese: “ラス・ラカン”
- Macedonian: “Ракан (’рт)”
- Macedonian: “Ракан”
- Russian: “Ракан”
- Russian: “Рас-Ракан”
- Ukrainian: “Рас-Ракан”
- Uzbek: “Ras Rakan”
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