Ras Banas
Ras Banas is a peninsula in Egypt extending into the Red Sea. The inlet of water sheltered to the south of it is called Foul Bay, at the head of which sits the ancient port of Berenice.- Type: City
- Description: peninsula on Egyptian coast into Red Sea
- Also known as: “Cape Banas”, “Ra’s Banas”, “Râs Banâs, Ras Banas”, and “Ras Benas”
Ras Banas
- Categories: landform, headland, and locality
- Location: Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.98077° or 23° 58′ 51″ northLongitude
35.41565° or 35° 24′ 56″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
7GMQXCJ8+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 767977647OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ras Banas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس بناس”
- Arabic: “راس بناس”
- Bengali: “রাস বানাস”
- Cebuano: “Ra’s Banās”
- Chinese: “巴纳斯”
- Croatian: “Ras Banas”
- Czech: “Râs Banâs”
- Danish: “Ras Banas”
- Dutch: “Ras Banas”
- Finnish: “Ras Banas”
- French: “Ras Banas”
- German: “Ras Banas”
- Greek: “Lepte Akra”
- Greek: “Ρας Μπανάς”
- Gujarati: “રાસ બનાસ”
- Hebrew: “ראס בנאס”
- Hindi: “रास बनस”
- Indonesian: “Ras Banas”
- Italian: “Ras Banas”
- Japanese: “ラス・バナス”
- Kannada: “ರಾಸ್ ಬಾನಾಸ್”
- Korean: “라스 바나스”
- Latvian: “Rasbanasa”
- Lithuanian: “Ras Banasas”
- Malay: “Ras Banas”
- Marathi: “रास बनस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ras Banas”
- Polish: “Ras Banas”
- Portuguese: “Ras Banas”
- Russian: “Рас-Банас”
- Sinhala: “රස් බනාස්”
- Spanish: “Ras Banas”
- Swedish: “Ra’s Banās”
- Tamil: “ராஸ் பானஸ்”
- Telugu: “రస్ బనస్”
- Turkish: “Ras Banas”
- Ukrainian: “Рас-Банас”
- Urdu: “رس باناس”
- Vietnamese: “Ras Banas”
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