Elephantine

Elephantine is an on the Nile, forming part of the city of in . The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
Wikipedia
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 101 metres (331 feet)
  • Description: island in the Nile, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Aswān Island”
    “Elephantine Island”
    “Gezîret Aswân”
    “Gezîret Elephantine”
    “Jazirat Aswan”
    “Jeb”
  • Historically known as
    “Abu”
    “Yebu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Nabatat Island and Aswan Museum.

Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at , .

Museum
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is a in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of , .

The pyramid of Elephantine is part of a group of seven…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is the southernmost city of , some 870…

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in .

Elephantine

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Latitude
24.0911° or 24° 5′ 28″ north
Longitude
32.8888° or 32° 53′ 20″ east
Open location code
7GPJ3VRQ+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5772018
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
359790
Wiki­data ID
Q284009

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Elephantine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إلفنتين”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ألفنتين”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الفنتين”
  • Asturian: “Elefantina”
  • Basque: “Elefantina”
  • Belarusian: “Элефанціна”
  • Breton: “Elefantina”
  • Catalan: “Elefantina”
  • Catalan: “illa Elefantina”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīrat Aswān”
  • Chinese: “象岛”
  • Croatian: “Elefantina”
  • Czech: “Elefantina”
  • Danish: “Elefantine”
  • Dutch: “Elephantine”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الفنتين”
  • Esperanto: “Elefantina”
  • Estonian: “Assuani saar”
  • Estonian: “Aswāni saar”
  • Finnish: “Elefantine”
  • French: “Éléphantine”
  • French: “île Éléphantine”
  • French: “Île Éléphantine”
  • Galician: “Elefantina”
  • German: “Elephantine”
  • German: “Gazirat Aswan”
  • Greek: “Ελεφαντίνη”
  • Hausa: “Elephantine”
  • Hebrew: “יב”
  • Hindi: “एलेफांतीने”
  • Hungarian: “Elephantiné”
  • Indonesian: “Elefantin”
  • Italian: “Elefantina”
  • Japanese: “エレファンティーヌ島”
  • Japanese: “エレファンティネ”
  • Japanese: “エレファンティネ島”
  • Korean: “엘레판티네섬”
  • Latin: “Elephantine”
  • Malay: “Elefantin”
  • Maori: “Elephantine”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elefantine”
  • Norwegian: “Elefantine”
  • Persian: “الفانتین”
  • Polish: “Elefantyna”
  • Portuguese: “Elefantina”
  • Romanian: “Elefantina”
  • Russian: “Абу”
  • Russian: “Элефантина”
  • Serbian: “Елефантина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elefantina”
  • Slovenian: “Elefantina”
  • Spanish: “Elefantina”
  • Spanish: “Isla Elefantina”
  • Swedish: “Elefantine”
  • Tamil: “எலிபென்டைன் தீவு”
  • Thai: “เกาะเอลิแฟนไทนี”
  • Turkish: “Elefantin”
  • Ukrainian: “Елефантина”
  • Urdu: “الفانتین”
  • Urdu: “الفنطینے”
  • Uzbek: “Elefantina”
  • Vietnamese: “Elephantine”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Animalia and rest house.

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