Chantier Island

Chantier Island is an island in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Chantier Island is situated nearby to the town Port Fuad, as well as near the locality Būr Fu’ād.

Type: Island
Description: island in Egypt
Also known as: “Old Chantier Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Masry Club Stadium and Port Said railway station.

Al Masry Club Stadium

Stadium

Photo: ILevi53, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al Masry Club Stadium, formerly known as Port Said Stadium, was a multi-use all-seated stadium in Al Manakh, Port Said, Egypt, which was mostly used for football and was the home of Al Masry since 1958 and until the Port Said Stadium riot in 2012. Al Masry Club Stadium is situated 3½ km northwest of Chantier Island.

Port Said railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Port Said railway station is the main railway terminus in Port Said, Egypt. It is one the main railway stations in the east Nile Delta. It was established in 1893 and inaugurated by of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II linking the cities of Port Said and Ismailia then linking the city to Cairo in 1904, but the current building of the station was built in 1955.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Fuad and Port Said.

Port Fuad

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Port Fuad or Port Fouad is a city in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Port Fuad is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Asian side of the Suez Canal, across from the city of Port Said.

Port Said

Photo: Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Said is Egypt's third largest city, its second largest seaport and the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean.

Chantier Island

Category: landform
Location: Port Said Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

31.25° or 31° 15′ north

Longitude

32.31667° or 32° 19′ east

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

8G3J7828+2M

GeoNames ID

358562

Wikidata ID

Q23952051

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Satellite Map

Discover Chantier Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chantier Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Chantier Island”
Swedish: “Chantier Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Būr Fu’ād and Ḩayy ash Sharq.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maydān Sittat Uktūbir and Mustashfá Būr Fu’ād al ‘Āmm.

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