Jazā’ir Bījah
Jazā’ir Bījah is an island in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Jazā’ir Bījah is situated nearby to the locality Aswân Reservoir Colony, as well as near Naj‘ Tinjār.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philae and Philae Temple.
Philae
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Philae Temple
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Philae temple complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt in Africa.
Heisa Island
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heisa Island or el-Heissa is an inhabited basaltic island situated at the former First Cataract of the Nile River in historic Nubia within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt.
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. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 3½ km north of Jazā’ir Bījah.
Nile 1st. Cataract
Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. Nile 1st. Cataract is situated 5 km south of Jazā’ir Bījah.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Jazā’ir Bījah
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Gazâyir Bîga”, “Geziret Bîga”, and “Jaza’ir Bijah”
- Category: landform
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.01667° or 24° 1′ northLongitude
32.88333° or 32° 53′ eastElevation
109 metres (358 feet)Open location code
7GPJ2V8M+M8GeoNames ID
358853
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