Aral-Paygambar
Aral-Paygambar, which means the island of the prophet, is an island on the Amu Darya river which separates Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. The nature reserve was created in 1960 on the island of Aral-Paygambar on the Amu Darya river near Termez.Photo: Carpodacus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island on the Amu Darya
- Also known as: “Aral Paygambar”, “Orol-Payg`ambar Orol”, “Ostrov Aral”, “Ostrov Aral-Paygambar”, and “Payg’ambar orol”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fayoz-Tepe and Karatepe.
Fayoz-Tepe
Locality
Fayaz Tepe, also Fayoz-Tepe, is a Buddhist archaeological site in the Central Asia region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of Termez in southern Uzbekistan.
Karatepe
Locality
Photo: Marat Nadjibaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kara Tepe is a Buddhist archaeological site in the Central Asia region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of Termez in southern Uzbekistan. The foundations of the site date to the 1st century CE, with a peak of activity around the 3rd and 4th…
Aral-Paygambar
- Categories: river island, Zapovednik, heath, locality, and landform
- Location: Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.30344° or 37° 18′ 12″ northLongitude
67.13729° or 67° 8′ 14″ eastElevation
291 metres (955 feet)Open location code
8J99843P+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 499907500OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heathOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
1217851Wikidata ID
Q4306358
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Aral-Paygambar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Aral-Paygambar”
- Dutch: “Aral-Paygambar”
- Japanese: “アラル・パイガンバル島”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Aral-payǵambar mámleketlik qorıqxanası”
- Persian: “آرال-پیغمبر”
- Russian: “Арал-Пайгамбар”
- Spanish: “Aral-Paygambar”
- Uzbek: “Orol-Payg‘ambar Orol”
- Uzbek: “Paygʻambar oroli”
- Uzbek: “Surxon davlat qoʻriqxonasi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tokhom Geldi and Kara-Tepe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ‘Aral-Paigambar’ State Nature Reserve and Aral Paygambar.
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