North Africa
Egypt
Red Sea

Daedalus Reef

Daedalus Reef is a 400-meter-long and 100-meter-wide standalone reef in the Red Sea situated about 90 kilometers from . There is a small artificial island in the center of the reef, which hosts a lighthouse constructed in 1863 and rebuilt in 1931.
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  • Type: Reef
  • Description: reef in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Abdul Khisan”, “Abu el Kizan”, “Abu el Kizân”, “Abu el Kîzân”, “Daedalus Shoal”, “Deadalus Reef”, “Didalas Reef”, “Jairat Didalas”, and “Jaīrat Dīdalās”

Daedalus Reef

Latitude
24.93483° or 24° 56′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.86815° or 35° 52′ 5″ east
Open location code
7GPQWVM9+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 374758292
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­scuba_diving
Geo­Names ID
358517
Wiki­data ID
Q15212511
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Satellite Map

Discover Daedalus Reef from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Daedalus Reef” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة أبو الكيزان”
  • Arabic: “جيرة ديدلاس”
  • Arabic: “ريف ديدالوس”
  • Arabic: “شعاب ديدالوس”
  • Arabic: “شعب ديدالوس”
  • Arabic: “شُعّب ديدالوس”
  • Cebuano: “Daedalus Reef”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابو كيزان”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديدالوس رييف”
  • French: “Daedalus Reef”
  • German: “Daedalus Reef”
  • German: “Daedalus Riff”
  • German: “Daedalus-Riff”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Δαίδαλος”
  • Swahili: “Mwamba wa Daedalus”
  • Swedish: “Daedalus Reef”
  • Ukrainian: “Риф Дедала”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Daedalus Reef”. Photo: Alex.vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0.