St Paul’s Island

St Paul's Island, also known as Selmunett, is a small island off Selmun, near the north of the of . St Paul's Island is sometimes split into two islands by a shallow strait, and it is therefore sometimes referred to in the plural as St Paul's Islands.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Ghezzejjer Selmunet”, “Gzeier Island”, “Gzeir”, “Gzejjer Selmunett”, “Îles Saint-Paul”, “Isla de San Pablo”, “Isola di San Paolo”, “Isuli di San Paulu”, “Saint Paul’s Island”, “Saint Paulls Island”, “Selmunet”, “Selmunett”, “St Paul’s Islands”, “St. Paul’s Island”, “St. Paul’seiland”, “St. Paulusøya”, “Νησιά του Αγίου Παύλου”, “Σελμουνέτ”, “Выспа Сьвятога Паўла”, “Селмунет”, and “Селмунетт”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mistra Battery and Fort Campbell.

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, formerly also known as Despirasse…

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, also known locally as Il-Fortizza ta' Selmun, is a former fort in , Malta.

Public aquarium
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The is the largest aquarium in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qawra and Buġibba.

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is a coastal town on Malta, in the region of St.

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is a coastal town on , in the region of St.

Town
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Saint Paul's Bay is a town located on the northeast coast of in the .

St Paul’s Island

Latitude
35.96569° or 35° 57′ 57″ north
Longitude
14.40314° or 14° 24′ 11″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8F7PXC83+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 10365736
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2562508
Wiki­data ID
Q755984
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“St Paul’s Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سانت بول”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sent-Pols adası”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Святога Паўла”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Сьвятога Паўла”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrvo Svetog Pavla”
  • Cebuano: “Gżejjer Selmunett”
  • Czech: “Ostrov Svatého Pavla”
  • Danish: “St Paul’s Island”
  • Dutch: “Islands of St. Paul”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de Sankta Paŭlo”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Paavalin saari”
  • French: “Îles de Saint-Paul”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა პავლეს კუნძული”
  • German: “Saint Paul’s Islands”
  • Greek: “Νησί του Αγίου Παύλου”
  • Hebrew: “איי סנט פול”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Pál-sziget”
  • Italian: “isole di San Paolo”
  • Italian: “Isole di San Paolo”
  • Korean: “산파울섬”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Pāvila sala”
  • Limburgan: “St. Paulseiland”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Pauliaus sala”
  • Luxembourgish: “St. Paul’s Islands”
  • Luxembourgish: “St. Pauls Island”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer ta’ San Pawl”
  • Maltese: “Il-Gżejjer ta‘ San Pawl”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Paulusøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Paulus-øya”
  • Norwegian: “St. Paulusøyene”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Świętego Pawła”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de São Paulo”
  • Russian: “Острова Святого Павла”
  • Russian: “Сент-Полс”
  • Serbian: “Ostrvo Svetog Pavla”
  • Serbian: “Острво Светог Павла”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsuli di San Paulu”
  • Slovenian: “Otok svetega Pavla”
  • Spanish: “Islas de San Pablo”
  • Swedish: “Gżejjer Selmunett”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Полс”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ سینٹ پال”
  • Uzbek: “Avliyo Paul oroli”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Blata il-Bajda and Tal-Qarbuni.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Temple studios and Hornblower Cruises.

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