North Africa
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Saint Johns Island

Zabargad Island is the largest of a group of islands in , . It covers an area of 4.50 square kilometres. It is not a Quaternary volcanic island, but rather is believed to be an upthrust part of upper mantle material.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Geziret El Zabargad”, “Gezîret Zabargad”, “Geziret Zeberged”, “Jazirat Zabarjad”, “St. John’s Island”, “St. John’s Island, Egypt”, “St. Johns Island”, “Topasos Island”, “Topazios”, “Zabargad”, “Zabargad Island”, “Zeberged Island”, “Zeberjed Island”, and “Zebirget”

Saint Johns Island

Latitude
23.61106° or 23° 36′ 40″ north
Longitude
36.19933° or 36° 11′ 58″ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7GMRJ56X+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 14325604
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
346207
Wiki­data ID
Q389131
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Saint Johns Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الزبرجد”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة زبرجد”
  • Belarusian: “Зэбэрджэд”
  • Catalan: “ilhas de São João”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīrat Zabarjad”
  • Chinese: “宰拜爾傑德島”
  • Croatian: “Zabargad”
  • Czech: “Zabargad”
  • French: “Île de Saint-Jean”
  • French: “Zabargad”
  • German: “az-Zabargad”
  • German: “St.-Johannes-Insel”
  • German: “Zabargad”
  • Greek: “Ζαμπαργκάντ”
  • Japanese: “ザバルガッド島”
  • Polish: “Dżazirat Zabardżad”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de São João”
  • Portuguese: “Zabargad”
  • Russian: “Зебергед”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Juan”
  • Spanish: “Topazios”
  • Spanish: “Zabargad”
  • Spanish: “Zebirget”
  • Swedish: “Jazīrat Zabarjad”

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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 “Saint Johns Island”. Photo: Kocourek Aleš, Public domain.