Philae
Philae Island was an island near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Due to the building of the Aswan Low Dam, the island is today submerged.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Islet
- Description: former island in Aswan, Egypt
- Also known as: “Dżazirat Fila”, “Filé”, “Fílé”, “Jazīrat Fīlah”, “Palau d’Anas al Wogoud”, “Palau d’Anas al-Wogoud”, “Palau de Files”, “Palaus de Files”, “Philä”, “Philae Island”, “Tempel van Philae”, “Tempio di Phile”, “Temple de Files”, “Temples de Files”, “Templo de File”, “Templo de Filé”, “أجيليكا”, “جزيرة أجيليكا”, “جزيرة فيلة”, “فيلة”, “معبد فيله”, “필라에”, “필라에 신전”, “필라이 신전”, “필레”, “필레 신전”, “フィラエ島”, and “菲莱神殿”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Philae Temple and Heisa Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shellal and Nile 1st. Cataract.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. Shellal is situated 3½ km north of Philae.
Nile 1st. Cataract
Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the… Nile 1st. Cataract is situated 5 km south of Philae.
Philae
- Categories: former island, island, locality, and landform
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.02098° or 24° 1′ 16″ north
Longitude
32.88945° or 32° 53′ 22″ east
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
Open location code
7GPJ2VCQ+9Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Philae” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلة”
- Basque: “Filae”
- Belarusian: “Філы”
- Bulgarian: “Пхилае”
- Bulgarian: “Филе”
- Catalan: “Files”
- Catalan: “Philae”
- Cebuano: “Philae”
- Chinese: “菲莱”
- Chinese: “菲萊”
- Chinese: “菲萊神殿”
- Croatian: “File”
- Czech: “Philae”
- Dutch: “Philae”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيله”
- Esperanto: “Philae”
- Finnish: “Filae”
- Finnish: “Filai”
- French: “Philaé”
- French: “Philæ”
- Galician: “Filae”
- German: “Philae”
- Greek: “Νήσος Φίλαι”
- Greek: “Φίλαι”
- Greek: “Φίλες”
- Hausa: “Tsibirin Philae”
- Hebrew: “פילה”
- Hungarian: “Philai”
- Indonesian: “Philae”
- Italian: “Philae”
- Japanese: “フィラエ神殿”
- Javanese: “Philae”
- Korean: “필라이”
- Latin: “Philae”
- Lithuanian: “Filai”
- Macedonian: “Фили”
- Malayalam: “ഫിലെ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “File”
- Norwegian: “File”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Filae”
- Persian: “فیله (مصر)”
- Persian: “فیله”
- Polish: “File”
- Portuguese: “Filae”
- Portuguese: “Filas”
- Romanian: “Philae”
- Russian: “Филы”
- Serbo-Croatian: “File”
- Spanish: “File”
- Swahili: “Philae”
- Swedish: “File, Egypten”
- Swedish: “Philae”
- Turkish: “Filai Adası”
- Turkish: “Philae”
- Ukrainian: “Філе”
- Ukrainian: “Філи”
- Urdu: “فيلہ”
- Urdu: “فیلہ”
- Vietnamese: “Philae”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sunken Island of Philae and Sunken Island of Shash.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Philae and Biga Island.
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