Shadwan Island
Shadwan is a barren rocky island 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula and 20 miles northeast of El Gouna. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Category: landform
- Location: Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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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
Highlights include Shadwan Island and Jazīrat Shākir Lighthouse.
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