North Africa
Egypt
Beheira

Abu Qir Bay

The Abū Qīr Bay is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea near in , lying between the mouth of the Nile and the town of .
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt
  • Also known as: “Aboukir Bay”, “Abukir Bay”, “Bay of Abu Kir”, “Khalig Abu Qir”, “Khalîg Abu Qîr”, and “Khalij Abu Qir”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abu Qir.

Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of , near the ruins of ancient and 23 kilometers northeast of by rail. It is located on Peninsula, with Bay to the east.

Abu Qir Bay

Latitude
31.30611° or 31° 18′ 22″ north
Longitude
30.16444° or 30° 9′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G3G8547+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768567354
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
362287
Wiki­data ID
Q1779743
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Abu Qir Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حقل أبو قير”
  • Arabic: “خليج أبو قير”
  • Arabic: “خليج أبي قير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əbukir körfəzi”
  • Basque: “Abukirko badia”
  • Belarusian: “Абукірская затока”
  • Belarusian: “Абукірскі заліў”
  • Bulgarian: “Абукирски залив”
  • Catalan: “badia d’Abu Qir”
  • Catalan: “Badia d’Abu Qir”
  • Cebuano: “Khalīj Abū Qīr”
  • Chinese: “阿布吉尔湾”
  • Chinese: “阿布吉爾灣”
  • Chinese: “阿布基尔湾”
  • Chinese: “阿布基爾灣”
  • Dutch: “Abu Qir Bay”
  • Dutch: “Baai van Aboukir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خليج ابو قير”
  • French: “baie d’Aboukir”
  • French: “Baie d’Aboukir”
  • French: “Bay of Abu Kir”
  • German: “Bay of Abu Kir”
  • German: “Bucht von Abukir”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος του Αμπουκίρ”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ אבו קיר”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Abu Qir”
  • Italian: “baia di Aboukir”
  • Italian: “baia di Abū Qīr”
  • Italian: “Baia di Abū Qīr”
  • Japanese: “Abu Qir湾”
  • Japanese: “アブキール湾”
  • Korean: “아부키르만”
  • Latvian: “Abū Kīras līcis”
  • Latvian: “Abukiras līcis”
  • Persian: “خلیج ابوقیر”
  • Polish: “Abu Kir (zatoka)”
  • Polish: “Abu Kir”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Abu Qir”
  • Romanian: “Abu qir”
  • Romanian: “Golful Abukir”
  • Russian: “Абу-Кир”
  • Russian: “Абукирский залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abu Kir”
  • Slovenian: “Abukirski zaliv”
  • Slovenian: “Khalīj Abu Qīr”
  • Spanish: “bahia de abu qir”
  • Spanish: “bahía de Abu Qir”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Abu Qir”
  • Swedish: “Abukirbukten”
  • Tamil: “அபுகிர் விரிகுடா”
  • Urdu: “خلیج ابو قیر”
  • Venetian: “Baja de Abu Qir”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿布吉爾灣”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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