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Adam’s Bridge

Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, is a chain of natural limestone shoals between , also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of , , and , off the northwestern coast of .
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  • Type: Shoal
  • Description: landform
  • Also known as: “Ram Setu” and “Rama’s Bridge”

Adam’s Bridge

Latitude
9.10792° or 9° 6′ 29″ north
Longitude
79.55083° or 79° 33′ 3″ east
Open location code
6JXX4H52+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1128536899
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­shoal
Geo­Names ID
1252294
Wiki­data ID
Q201743
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Adam’s Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر آدم”
  • Arabic: “جسر ادم”
  • Armenian: “Ադամի կամուրջ”
  • Assamese: “ৰামসেতু”
  • Asturian: “Ponte d’Adán”
  • Azerbaijani: “Adəm körpüsü”
  • Balinese: “Kreteg Rama”
  • Basque: “Adamen Zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Адамаў мост”
  • Bengali: “আদম সেতু”
  • Bengali: “রাম সেতু”
  • Breton: “Pont Adam”
  • Bulgarian: “Адамов мост”
  • Catalan: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Catalan: “Pont d’Adam”
  • Chinese: “亞當橋”
  • Chinese: “罗摩桥”
  • Chinese: “羅摩橋”
  • Chuvash: “Адам Кĕперĕ”
  • Czech: “Adamův most”
  • Czech: “Rama Setu”
  • Czech: “Rámův most”
  • Dutch: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Dutch: “Adams-brug”
  • Dutch: “Adamsbrug”
  • Dutch: “Ram Setu”
  • Dutch: “Rama Setu”
  • Esperanto: “Rama Setu”
  • Estonian: “Aadama Sild”
  • Estonian: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Finnish: “Aatamin silta”
  • Finnish: “Aataminsilta”
  • Finnish: “Ram Sethu”
  • Finnish: “Raman silta”
  • French: “Āthām pālam”
  • French: “Irāmar pālam”
  • French: “pont d’Adam”
  • French: “Pont d’Adam”
  • French: “Pont de Rama”
  • French: “Pont de Râma”
  • French: “Pont de Rāma”
  • French: “Rāmasetu”
  • French: “Setubandha”
  • French: “रामसेतु”
  • French: “ஆதாம் பாலம்”
  • French: “இராமர் பாலம்”
  • Galician: “Ponte de Adán”
  • Georgian: “ადამის ხიდი”
  • German: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • German: “Adams Brücke”
  • German: “Adamsbrücke”
  • German: “Ram Setu”
  • German: “Rama’s Bridge”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Αδάμ”
  • Gujarati: “રામસેતુ”
  • Hebrew: “גשר אדם”
  • Hindi: “रामसेतु”
  • Hungarian: “Ádám hídja”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Adam”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Rama”
  • Indonesian: “Rama Setu”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Adamo”
  • Japanese: “アダムス・ブリッジ”
  • Japanese: “アダムスブリッジ”
  • Japanese: “ラーマの橋”
  • Javanese: “Jembatan Adam”
  • Kannada: “ಆಡಮ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಮನ ಸೇತುವೆ”
  • Korean: “아담의 다리”
  • Latvian: “Ādama tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Adomo tiltas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ramos tiltas”
  • Macedonian: “Адамов Мост”
  • Macedonian: “Рамин мост”
  • Maithili: “रामसेतु”
  • Malayalam: “ആഡംസ് ബ്രിഡ്ജ്”
  • Malayalam: “ആദാമിന്റെ പാലം”
  • Malayalam: “രാമസേതു”
  • Marathi: “रामसेतू”
  • Nepali: “रामसेतु”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adams Bridge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adamsbroen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adamsbrua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rama’s bro”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rama’s Bru”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramas bru”
  • Norwegian: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਮਸੇਤੂ”
  • Persian: “پل آدم”
  • Polish: “Most Adama”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte de Adão”
  • Romanian: “Podul lui Adam”
  • Russian: “Адамов Мост”
  • Russian: “Мост Рамы”
  • Russian: “Сетубандха”
  • Saraiki: “پل آدم”
  • Sinhala: “ආදම්ගේ පාලම”
  • Sinhala: “රාමාගේ පාලම”
  • Slovak: “Adam’s Bridge”
  • Slovak: “Adamov most”
  • Slovenian: “Adamov most”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Adan”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Adán”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Rama”
  • Swedish: “Adamsbron”
  • Swedish: “Rama Setu”
  • Tamil: “ஆடம் பாலம்”
  • Tamil: “ஆதாமின் பாலம்”
  • Tamil: “ஆதாம் பாலம்”
  • Tamil: “ராமர் பாலம்”
  • Telugu: “இராமர் பாலம்”
  • Telugu: “రామ సేతు”
  • Telugu: “రామ సేతువు”
  • Telugu: “రామసేతు”
  • Thai: “รามเสตุ”
  • Turkish: “Adem Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Âdem Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Rama Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Адамів міст”
  • Urdu: “پل آدم”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Adam”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu của Adam”
  • Western Panjabi: “آدم دا پل”

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