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.
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Wikimedia, Public domain.- Islet
- …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (470 feet)
- Description: former island in Aswan, Egypt
- Also known as“Jazīrat Fīlah”“Philae Island”
Places of Interest
Discover 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.
3½ km north of Philae
Nile 1st. Cataract
Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the…
5 km south of Philae
Philae
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Latitude
24.02098° or 24° 1′ 16″ north
Longitude
32.88945° or 32° 53′ 22″ east
Open location code
7GPJ2VCQ+9Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Philae” goes by many names.
PhilaeArabic
أجيليكاArabic
جزيرة أجيليكاArabic
جزيرة فيلةArabic
فيلةArabic
معبد فيلهArabic
FilaeBasque
ФілыBelarusian
ПхилаеBulgarian
ФилеBulgarian
FilesCatalan
Palau d’Anas al-WogoudCatalan
Palau de FilesCatalan
Palaus de FilesCatalan
PhilaeCatalan
Temple de FilesCatalan
Temples de FilesCatalan
PhilaeCebuano
菲莱Chinese
菲莱神殿Chinese
菲萊Chinese
菲萊神殿Chinese
FileCroatian
PhilaeCroatian
FíléCzech
PhilaeCzech
PhilaeDutch
Tempel van PhilaeDutch
فيلهEgyptian Arabic
PhilaeEsperanto
Νήσος ΦίλαιGreek
ΦίλαιGreek
ΦίλεςGreek
Tsibirin PhilaeHausa
פילהHebrew
PhilaiHungarian
PhilaeIndonesian
FileItalian
PhilaeItalian
Tempio di PhileItalian
フィラエ島Japanese
フィラエ神殿Japanese
PhilaeJavanese
필라에Korean
필라에 신전Korean
필라이Korean
필라이 신전Korean
필레Korean
필레 신전Korean
PhilaeLatin
FilaiLithuanian
ФилиMacedonian
ഫിലെMalayalam
FileNorwegian
FileNorwegian Bokmål
FilaeOccitan (post 1500)
فیلهPersian
فیله (مصر)Persian
Dżazirat FilaPolish
FilePolish
PhilaePolish
PhilaeRomanian
ФилеRussian
ФилыRussian
FileSerbo-Croatian
PhilaeSerbo-Croatian
PhilaeSwahili
File, EgyptenSwedish
PhilaeSwedish
Filai AdasıTurkish
PhilaeTurkish
ФілеUkrainian
ФілиUkrainian
فيلہUrdu
فیلہUrdu
PhilaeVietnamese
Localities in the Area
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