Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ

Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ is an island in , . Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Gezīret ‘Auwad” and “Jazirat `Awwad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philae and Philae Temple.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Island was an island near the expansive of the Nile in . Due to the building of the , the island is today submerged.

Photo: Moh hakem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the , downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, in Africa.

Dam
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aswan Low Dam or Old is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in , . The dam was built by the British at the former of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km south-southeast of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shellal and Nile 1st. Cataract.

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . It was the traditional northern frontier of the region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire.

Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between and , 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.

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is the southernmost city of , some 870 km south of , just below the Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. is far more relaxed and smaller than and .

Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ

Latitude
24.0275° or 24° 1′ 39″ north
Longitude
32.87327° or 32° 52′ 24″ east
Elevation
121 metres (397 feet)
Open location code
7GPJ2VHF+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 306675367
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
359570
Wiki­data ID
Q23952869
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Satellite Map

Discover Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة عوض”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ”
  • French: “Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ”
  • Hungarian: “Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ”
  • Swedish: “Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ”

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