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 , and has the in the to the east and the Gulf of Mannar in the to the west.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in India
  • Also known as: “Insel Pamban”, “Pāmban Island”, “Pambani saar”, “Rameswaram”, “Rámeswaram”, “Rameswaram Island”, “Rameswarami saar”, “पंबन आइलैंड”, and “पंबन टापू”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rameshwaram Ramanathaswamy Temple and Rameswaram railway station.

Hindu temple
Photo: Ssriram mt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ramanathaswamy Temple is a dedicated… is situated 3½ km northeast of Pamban Island.

Station
Photo: Ppyoonus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rameswaram railway terminus is an NSG–3 category…

Tower
Photo: prince tigereye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a free-standing tower that was built in 1995. is situated 3 km northeast of Pamban Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rameswaram and Pamban.

Photo: Attumm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on Pamban Island, in state of .

Village
Photo: Maskaravivek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Rameswaram taluk of , . is situated 9 km west of Pamban Island.

Pamban Island

Latitude
9.27407° or 9° 16′ 27″ north
Longitude
79.29112° or 79° 17′ 28″ east
Population
82,700
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
6JXX77FR+JC
Geo­Names ID
1260626
Wiki­data ID
Q2048616
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Pamban Island” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পামবন দ্বীপ”
  • Bhojpuri: “पंबन दीप”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Pamban”
  • Cebuano: “Pāmban Island”
  • Chinese: “班本島”
  • Dutch: “Pāmban Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پامبان”
  • Estonian: “Pāmbani saar”
  • French: “Pamban”
  • German: “Pamban”
  • Greek: “Πάμπαν”
  • Hindi: “रामेश्वरम द्वीप”
  • Japanese: “パーンバン島”
  • Macedonian: “Памбан”
  • Malayalam: “പാമ്പൻ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rameshwaram”
  • Persian: “جزیره پامبان”
  • Spanish: “Isla Pamban”
  • Swedish: “Pāmban Island”
  • Tamil: “பாம்பன் தீவு”
  • Telugu: “పంబన్ ద్వీపం”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ پامبان”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ پامبان”
  • “पंबन दीप”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ariyakundu and Ayyanthopu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kundagal Channel and Kallaru Reef.

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