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.- 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 form a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva; UNESCO has designated them as a World Heritage Site. Elephanta Caves is situated 3 km east of Butcher Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matharpacady and Mazgaon.
Matharpacady
Neighborhood
Matharpacady is a "village" in the Mazgaon area of Mumbai, India, and is one of Mumbai's "heritage precincts". Payal Kapadia, writes that Matharpacady has some of the "oldest and quaintest" houses in Mumbai. Matharpacady is situated 7 km west of Butcher Island.
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.
Sewri
Suburb
Sewri is a locality along the eastern edge of South Mumbai, in Maharashtra, India. It is also the name of a railway station on the Central Railway Harbour Line. Sewri is situated 7 km northwest 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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