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Ramla Bay

Ramla Bay is a bay with a beach of reddish-coloured sand in , in the Maltese Islands. It lies on the north-east coast of the island, between the bays of and San Blas. The closest village is .
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay
  • Also known as: “Ramla el Kibifa” and “Ramla il K’bira”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calypso’s Cave and Mixta Cave.

Cave
Calypso's Cave is a natural cave, located on the western side of the Ramla bay, near the town of , on the island of . The cave is alleged to be the one referenced in the Odyssey as the cave where the nymph Calypso kept Odysseus prisoner for seven years after his ship was wrecked after a fierce storm.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.
is a natural cave located on the eastern side of Ramla Bay. It is very commonly confused with which is located on the other side of the same bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Blas Bay and Marsalforn.

Hamlet
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small beach located in , . The beach mostly consists of a fine, reddish sand. It is located 1.54 kilometres west of the larger Ramla Bay as well as 2 kilometres north of .

Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also written as M'Forn for shortcut purposes, is a town on the north coast of , the second largest island of the Maltese archipelago. The town lies between the hilltop towns of and .

Village
Photo: Mariosaliba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an administrative unit of , located in the eastern part of the island of . is built on a plateau and is one of the largest localities in Gozo. is situated 3 km south of Ramla Bay.

Ramla Bay

Latitude
36.06306° or 36° 3′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.28278° or 14° 16′ 58″ east
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open location code
8F8P377M+64
Geo­Names ID
2562870
Wiki­data ID
Q909059
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Ramla Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج الرملة”
  • Cebuano: “Ir-Ramla”
  • Dutch: “Ramla Bay”
  • French: “baie de Ramla”
  • French: “Baie de Ramla”
  • German: “Ramla Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ רמלה”
  • Hungarian: “Ramla Bay”
  • Japanese: “ラムラ湾”
  • Korean: “람라만”
  • Lithuanian: “Ramlos įlanka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramla Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramlabukta”
  • Polish: “Calypso Cave”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Kalipso”
  • Polish: “Ramla Bay”
  • Polish: “Ramla il-Hamra”
  • Polish: “Ramla il-Ħamra”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Ramla”
  • Swedish: “Ir-Ramla”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tar-Ramla and Ta’ Venuta.

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Highlights include Ix-Xtajta and Rdum tax-Xagħra.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ramla Bay”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.