Tiran Island

Tiran, officially Thiran Island, is a Saudi Arabian island in the Red Sea, located at the entrance to the . The island's administration was temporarily transferred by King Abdulaziz to in 1950 due to concerns of Israeli expansion while Saudi Arabia lacked a naval capability to protect the island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: A Saudi island
  • Also known as: “Jazirat Tiran”, “Tiran island”, and “Yotvat Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Straits of Tiran.

Locality
Photo: Julian Herzog, Public domain.
The are the narrow sea passages between the and peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is about 13 km. is situated 9 km northwest of Tiran Island.

Tiran Island

Latitude
27.94892° or 27° 56′ 56″ north
Longitude
34.55132° or 34° 33′ 5″ east
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
7GVPWHX2+HG
Geo­Names ID
347268
Wiki­data ID
Q598889
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tiran Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تيران”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة تيران”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ثيران”
  • Armenian: “Տիրան կղզի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tiran adası”
  • Basque: “Tiran (Itsaso Gorria)”
  • Basque: “Tiran”
  • Catalan: “Tiran”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīrat Tīrān”
  • Chinese: “蒂朗岛”
  • Chinese: “蒂朗島”
  • Croatian: “Tiran”
  • Czech: “ostrov Tiran”
  • Czech: “Tiran”
  • Dutch: “Tiran”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة تيران”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Tiran”
  • French: “île de Tiran”
  • French: “Île de Tiran”
  • German: “Tiran”
  • Greek: “Ιωτάβη”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Τιράν”
  • Hebrew: “טיראן”
  • Italian: “isola di Tiran”
  • Italian: “Isola di Tiran”
  • Japanese: “チラン島”
  • Korean: “티란섬”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Tîran”
  • Persian: “جزیره تیران”
  • Polish: “Tiran”
  • Russian: “Тиран”
  • Serbian: “Тиран”
  • Slovenian: “Tiran”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Tiran”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Tirán”
  • Swedish: “Tiran”
  • Turkish: “Tiran Adası”
  • Uighur: “تىران ئارىلى”
  • Ukrainian: “Тиран”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ تیران”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ تیران”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒂朗岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “蒂朗島”

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Highlights include Jabal Tīrān and Gebel el-Madhbah.

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