Butcher Island
Butcher Island is an island off the coast of Mumbai, India. It has an oil terminal used by the port authorities to offload it from oil tankers. The crude oil is stored in oil containers on the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in India
- Also known as: “Butchers Island”, “Dia Deva”, and “Jawahar Dweep”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elephanta and Elephanta Caves.
Elephanta
Photo: Pallavi.sam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elephanta is an island off of Mumbai and home to the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It consists of a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
Elephanta Caves
Cave
The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, which have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Elephanta Caves is situated 3 km east of Butcher Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mazgaon and Mandvi.
Mazgaon
Suburb
Mazagaon, also spelled Mazgaon or Mazagon, and historically known as Mazagão during the Portuguese era, is a historic neighbourhood in South Mumbai. It was one of the original Seven Islands of Bombay and is now fully integrated into the Mumbai Metropolitan Area. Mazgaon is situated 7 km west of Butcher Island.
Mandvi
Neighborhood
Mandvi is an area in South Mumbai near Masjid Bunder. It is located near Pydhone. It has a high Muslim population. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it had a small, but thriving Jewish community. Mandvi is situated 7 km west of Butcher Island.
Ballard Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Extempore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ballard Estate business district is situated in the financial district of Fort. Located between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Fort in South Mumbai, it hosts the offices of shipping companies and the headquarters of the Mumbai Port Trust at the Port House. Ballard Estate is situated 7 km west of Butcher Island.
Butcher Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Butcher Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Butcher Island (pulo sa Indya)”
- Cebuano: “Butcher Island”
- Dutch: “Butcher Island”
- Gujarati: “જવાહર દ્વીપ”
- Gujarati: “બુચર ટાપુ”
- Malayalam: “ജവഹർ ദ്വീപ്”
- Russian: “Батчер”
- Russian: “Бутчер”
- Russian: “Остров мясника”
- Swedish: “Butcher Island”
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