Highway of Death

The Highway of Death is a six-lane highway connecting Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from to the border town of in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of .
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
  • Description: road in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Highway 80”
    “ṭarīq al-mawt”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jahra.
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, also referred to as Al , is the capital of Al Governorate, .

Highway of Death

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Latitude
29.3842° or 29° 23′ 3″ north
Longitude
47.6518° or 47° 39′ 7″ east
Open location code
7HX99MM2+MP
Geo­Names ID
6942029
Wiki­data ID
Q1424697

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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”
  • Japanese: “死のハイウェイ”
  • Lithuanian: “Mirties greitkelis”
  • Malay: “Lebuhraya Kematian”
  • 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: “Пут смрти”
  • Slovak: “Diaľnica smrti”
  • Spanish: “autopista 80”
  • Spanish: “Autopista de la muerte”
  • Spanish: “autovía de la muerte”
  • Spanish: “carretera de la muerte”
  • Swedish: “Dödens motorväg”
  • Swedish: “Highway of Death”
  • Turkish: “Ölüm Otoyolu”
  • Ukrainian: “Шосе смерті”

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Localities in the Area

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