Highway of Death
The Highway of Death is a six-lane highway connecting Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from Kuwait City to the border town of Safwan in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of Basra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: road in Iraq
- Also known as: “Highway 80” and “ṭarīq al-mawt”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jahra.
Jahra
Jahra, also referred to as Al Jahra, is the capital of Al Jahra Governorate, Kuwait. It is home to the historic Kuwaiti Red Fort, the site of the 1920 Battle of Jahra.
Highway of Death
- Categories: highway and tank graveyard
- Location: Kuwait, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Highway of Death” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “طريق الموت”
- Belarusian: “Аўтастрада сьмерці”
- Belarusian: “Шаша смерці”
- Belarusian: “Шаша сьмерці”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕێگای مەرگ”
- Chinese: “死亡公路”
- Chinese: “死亡高速公路”
- Croatian: “Autocesta smrti”
- Czech: “Dálnice smrti”
- Dutch: “Snelweg des Doods”
- Esperanto: “Ŝoseo de Morto”
- Finnish: “Kuoleman moottoritie”
- French: “Autoroute de la mort”
- French: “Highway of Death”
- German: “Highway of Death”
- Indonesian: “Highway of Death”
- Italian: “autostrada della morte”
- Italian: “Autostrada della morte”
- Japanese: “死のハイウェイ”
- Lithuanian: “Mirties greitkelis”
- Persian: “بزرگراه مرگ”
- Polish: “autostrada 80”
- Polish: “Autostrada Śmierci”
- Portuguese: “Autoestrada da Morte”
- Portuguese: “Rodovia da Morte”
- Romanian: “Highway of Death”
- Russian: “Шоссе смерти”
- Serbian: “Auto-put smrti”
- Serbian: “Ауто-пут смрти”
- Serbian: “Аутопут смрти”
- Serbian: “Пут смрти”
- Slovak: “Diaľnica smrti”
- Spanish: “Autopista de la muerte”
- Spanish: “Autovia de la muerte”
- Spanish: “Autovía de la muerte”
- Spanish: “Carretera de la muerte”
- Spanish: “Highway of Death”
- Swedish: “Dödens motorväg”
- Swedish: “Highway of Death”
- Turkish: “Ölüm Otoyolu”
- Ukrainian: “Шосе смерті”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Murayţibah and Umm Ghār.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Biţānat az Zawr and Al Muţaylī‘.
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