Pamban Island
Pamban Island is an island located off the southeast coast of mainland India. It is separated from the island of Sri Lanka by the Palk Strait, and has the Palk Bay in the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Gulf of Mannar in the Laccadive Sea to the west.- Island
- …has about 82,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is also known as “Rameswaram Island”
- Description: island in India
Places of Interest
Discover Rameshwaram Ramanathaswamy Temple and Rameswaram railway station.
Rameshwaram Ramanathaswamy Temple
Ramanathaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated…
3½ km northeast of Pamban Island
Rameswaram railway station
Rameswaram railway terminus is an NSG–3 category…
Rameswaram TV Tower
The Rameswaram TV Tower is a free-standing tower that was built in 1995.
3 km northeast of Pamban Island
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rameswaram and Pamban.
Rameswaram
Rameswaram is a town on Pamban Island, in Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Pamban
Pamban is a town in the Rameswaram taluk of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu.
9 km west of Pamban Island
Pamban Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
9.27407° or 9° 16′ 27″ north
Longitude
79.29112° or 79° 17′ 28″ east
Open location code
6JXX77FR+JC
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Pamban Island” goes by many names.
পামবন দ্বীপBengali
पंबन आइलैंडBhojpuri
पंबन टापूBhojpuri
पंबन दीपBhojpuri
रामेश्वरम द्वीपBhojpuri
Illa de PambanCatalan
Pāmban IslandCebuano
班本島Chinese
Pāmban IslandDutch
پامبانEgyptian Arabic
Pāmbani saarEstonian
Rameswarami saarEstonian
ΠάμπανGreek
रामेश्वरम द्वीपHindi
パーンバン島Japanese
ПамбанMacedonian
പാമ്പൻ ദ്വീപ്Malayalam
RameshwaramNorwegian Bokmål
جزیره پامبانPersian
Pāmban IslandSwedish
பாம்பன் தீவுTamil
పంబన్ ద్వీపంTelugu
جزیرہ پامبانUrdu
جزیرہ پامبانWestern Panjabi
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