Karaitivu
Karaitivu is an island off the coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, located approximately 15 kilometres north-west of the city of Jaffna.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “காரைத்தீவு (யாழ்ப்பாணம்)”
Karaitivu
- Categories: human settlement and landform
- Location: Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.6095° or 9° 36′ 34″ north
Longitude
79.8279° or 79° 49′ 40″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
6JXXJR5H+Q5
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Tamil—“Karaitivu” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Karaytivu”
- Cebuano: “Karaitivu”
- Dutch: “Karaitivu”
- Irish: “Karaitivu”
- Japanese: “カーライティヴ島”
- Russian: “Караитиву”
- Russian: “Карайтиву”
- Spanish: “Karaitivu”
- Swedish: “Karaitivu”
- Tamil: “காரைதீவு (யாழ்ப்பாணம்)”
- Tamil: “காரைதீவு”
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Places to explore: Punkudutivu West and Tharmakundu.
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