East Africa
Ethiopia
Amhara

Dek Island

Dek Island is the biggest island on in . It is administratively included in the woreda of the Mirab Gojjam Zone. To the southeast of Dek is the much smaller .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Dak’”, “Daq”, “Dech Island”, “Dek”, “Deq”, “Isola Dec”, and “Nargadaga Deset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narga Sellasie.

Church
Narga Selassie is an Orthodox Tewahedo church on the western shores of Dek Island, the largest island of in northern . The name signifies "Trinity of the Rest".

Dek Island

Latitude
11.91667° or 11° 55′ north
Longitude
37.26667° or 37° 16′ east
Elevation
1,814 metres (5,951 feet)
Open location code
7G3VW788+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1150972362
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
330199
Wiki­data ID
Q2142444
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Satellite Map

Discover Dek Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Swedish—“Dek Island” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደቅ ደሴት”
  • Cebuano: “Nargadaga Desēt”
  • Dutch: “Dek Deset”
  • German: “Dek”
  • German: “Deq”
  • Italian: “Isola Dek”
  • Romanian: “Insula Dek”
  • Russian: “Дэк”
  • Spanish: “Dek”
  • Spanish: “Deq”
  • Spanish: “Isla Dek”
  • Swedish: “Nargadaga Desēt”

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Highlights include Kidst Arsema and St. Michael.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dek Island”. Photo: A. Davey, CC BY 2.0.