Bidan Island
Bidan Island is a small island off the coast of Yan, Kedah, Malaysia. Located 17 nautical miles north from Penang, the island was used by Australian Defence force personnel and families from Butterworth/Penang as a holiday retreat for a week or two in the 1970s and 1980s, with little to no contact with the outside world, except by two-way radio.
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Latitude
5.74627° or 5° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
100.28771° or 100° 17′ 16″ east
Open location code
6PQ2P7WQ+G3
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Malay—“Bidan Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pulau Bidan”
- German: “Pulau Bidan”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Bidan”
- Malay: “Pulau Bidan”
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