Saï
Saï is a large island in the Nile River in Nubia between the second and third cataracts, in the country of Sudan. It is 12 km long and 5.5 km wide. Saï was intermittently occupied by the Egyptians during the New Kingdom.Photo: Valerian Guillot, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sudan
- Also known as: “Jazirat Say”, “Jazīrat Sāy”, “Sai Island”, “Sali Island”, and “جزيرة شعت”
Saï
- Categories: river island, archaeological site, locality, and landform
- Location: Northern State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.70833° or 20° 42′ 30″ northLongitude
30.32709° or 30° 19′ 38″ eastElevation
204 metres (669 feet)Open location code
7GGGP85G+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 41764421OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Saï” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة صاى”
- Arabic: “جزيرة صاي”
- Arabic: “جزيره صاي”
- Catalan: “Illa de Sai”
- Cebuano: “Jazīrat Sāy”
- Chinese: “薩伊島”
- Dutch: “Sai”
- Dutch: “Saï”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة صاى”
- French: “île de Saï”
- French: “Île de Saï”
- German: “Sai”
- Greek: “Νήσος Σάι”
- Greek: “Σάι”
- Hebrew: “סאי (אי)”
- Hebrew: “סאי”
- Persian: “جزیره صای”
- Spanish: “Isla de Sai”
- Swedish: “Saï”
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