Weh Island

Weh Island is a small active volcanic island to the northwest of in Indonesia, also known as Sabang after the city situated on the northeast end of the island, whose area of 122.13 square kilometres includes the whole island as well as several offshore islets.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Sabang City, Aceh Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: pulo we”, “Sabang Island”, “We”, “We Island”, and “Weh
  • Historically known as: Pulo Weh

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jaboi and Sabang.

Village
or Volcano is located in Village, Sukajaya District, Weh Island, , about 15 kilometers from . This mountain is an active volcano with a height of about 200 meters above sea level. is situated 4 km southeast of Weh Island.

is a town of 34,00 people on an island north of on the northern tip of . The island's name is Weh Island and is the main town on the north coast, but the names are often used interchangeably.

Weh Island

Latitude
5.82345° or 5° 49′ 24″ north
Longitude
95.30951° or 95° 18′ 34″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)
Open location code
6MQQR8F5+9R
Geo­Names ID
1213368
Wiki­data ID
Q1048813
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Satellite Map

Discover Weh Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Weh Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Pulo Wèh
  • Achinese: Wèh
  • Afrikaans: Weh
  • Arabic: جزيرة ويه
  • Arabic: ويه
  • Aragonese: Weh
  • Arpitan: Weh
  • Asturian: Weh
  • Azerbaijani: Veh adası
  • Balinese: Nusa Wéh
  • Balinese: Weh
  • Banjar: Weh
  • Basque: Weh
  • Bavarian: Weh
  • Belarusian: Вех
  • Belarusian: Востраў Вех
  • Breton: Weh
  • Buginese: Weh
  • Catalan: Weh
  • Cebuano: Pulau We
  • Chinese: 韋島
  • Chinese: 韦岛
  • Corsican: Weh
  • Croatian: Weh
  • Czech: Pulau Weh
  • Czech: Weh
  • Danish: Weh
  • Dutch: Pulau Weh
  • Dutch: Weh
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره ويه
  • Esperanto: Weh
  • Estonian: Weh
  • Finnish: Weh
  • French: Île de Weh
  • French: Pulau Weh
  • French: Weh
  • Friulian: Weh
  • Galician: Weh
  • Georgian: ვეჰი
  • German: Pulau Weh
  • German: Pulo Weh
  • German: Weh
  • Hungarian: Weh
  • Icelandic: Weh
  • Ido: Weh
  • Indonesian: Pulau We
  • Indonesian: Pulau Weh
  • Indonesian: Pulo Weh
  • Indonesian: Weh
  • Interlingua: Weh
  • Interlingue: Weh
  • Irish: Weh
  • Italian: Isola di Weh
  • Italian: Weh
  • Japanese: ウェー島
  • Javanese: Pulo Wèh
  • Javanese: Wèh
  • Kongo: Weh
  • Korean: 웨섬
  • Ligurian: Weh
  • Limburgan: Weh
  • Lithuanian: Vehas
  • Lithuanian: Veho sala
  • Low German: Weh
  • Luxembourgish: Weh
  • Malagasy: Weh
  • Malay: Pulau Weh
  • Malay: Weh
  • Malayalam: വെഹ് ദ്വീപ്
  • Minangkabau: Weh
  • Narom: Weh
  • Neapolitan: Weh
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Weh
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Weh
  • Occitan (post 1500): Weh
  • Picard: Weh
  • Piemontese: Weh
  • Polish: Weh
  • Portuguese: Weh
  • Romanian: Weh
  • Romansh: Weh
  • Russian: Вех
  • Sardinian: Weh
  • Scots: Weh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Weh
  • Serbian: Veh
  • Serbian: Вех
  • Sicilian: Weh
  • Slovak: Pulau Weh
  • Slovak: Weh
  • Slovenian: Weh
  • Spanish: Isla de Weh
  • Spanish: Pulau We
  • Spanish: Pulau Weh
  • Sundanese: Weh
  • Swahili: Weh
  • Swedish: Pulau Weh
  • Swedish: Weh
  • Swiss German: Weh
  • Tamil: வே தீவு
  • Thai: เกาะเวะฮ์
  • Venetian: Weh
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Weh
  • Vlaams: Weh
  • Volapük: Weh
  • Walloon: Weh
  • Welsh: Weh
  • Wolof: Weh
  • Zulu: Weh
  • Pulau Weh
  • Sabang
  • We
  • Weh

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