Shadwan Island

Shadwan is a barren rocky island 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the and 20 miles northeast of . It is the largest of a group of islands in the mouth of the Gulf of Suez in the northern Red Sea and measures 16 kilometres in length, and between 3 and 5 kilometres wide.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Egypt
  • Also known as: Geziret Shadwan”, “Gezîret Shâkir”, “Jazīrat Shadwān”, “Jazirat Shakir”, “Shadwan”, and “Shidwān

Shadwan Island

Latitude
27.50556° or 27° 30′ 20″ north
Longitude
33.98195° or 33° 58′ 55″ east
Elevation
162 metres (531 feet)
Open location code
7GVMGX4J+6Q
Geo­Names ID
349428
Wiki­data ID
Q2915166
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Shadwan Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة شاكر
  • Arabic: جزيرة شدوان‎
  • Arabic: جزيرة شدوان
  • Arabic: شدوان
  • Belarusian: Востраў Шадван
  • Belarusian: Шадван
  • Catalan: Shadwan
  • Cebuano: Jazīrat Shākir
  • Chinese: 舍德旺岛
  • Chinese: 舍德旺島
  • Croatian: Šadvan
  • Dutch: Shadwan
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة شدوان
  • French: Shadwan
  • German: Schadwan-Insel
  • German: Schadwan
  • German: Shadwan
  • Greek: Σαντουάν
  • Hebrew: שדואן
  • Japanese: シャドワン島
  • Persian: جزیره شدوان
  • Polish: Dżazirat Szadwan
  • Polish: Wyspa Shadwan
  • Spanish: Shadwan
  • Swedish: Jazīrat Shākir
  • Urdu: شدوان

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Notable Places Nearby

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