Honavar

Honavar is a port town on the coast of Arabian Sea in Uttara Kannada district of region of . Sharavathi river flows through this town and joins the Arabian Sea.
Photo: Ginjeet, GPL.
  • Type: Town with 17,000 residents
  • Description: coastal town in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka
  • Also known as: “Honawar”, “Honnavar”, “Honnavara”, “Honore”, “Onore”, “هنور”, “ہونناوار”, “होनाभार”, “ஹோன்னவர்”, and “ホンナーヴァル”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Honnavar Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
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Honavar

Latitude
14.2811° or 14° 16′ 52″ north
Longitude
74.4447° or 74° 26′ 41″ east
Population
17,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IN HON and IN HWR
Open location code
7J6P7CJV+CV
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Honavar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “হোনাবার”
  • Bishnupriya: “হোনাবার”
  • Catalan: “Honavar”
  • Cebuano: “Honāvar”
  • Chinese: “霍納瓦爾”
  • Chinese: “霍纳瓦尔”
  • Danish: “Honnavar”
  • Dutch: “Honavar”
  • French: “Honnavar”
  • German: “Honnavar”
  • Gujarati: “હોનાવર”
  • Hindi: “होन्नावर”
  • Irish: “Honnavar”
  • Italian: “Honavar”
  • Japanese: “ホナバー”
  • Kannada: “ಹೊನ್ನಾವರ”
  • Korean: “호나바르”
  • Malay: “Honavar”
  • Marathi: “होन्नावर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Honavar”
  • Newari: “होन्नावर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Honnavar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Honnavar”
  • Portuguese: “Onor”
  • Russian: “Хоннавар”
  • Spanish: “Honavar”
  • Swedish: “Honavar”
  • Swedish: “Honāvar”
  • Tamil: “ஹொன்னாவரா”
  • Telugu: “హొన్నావర్”
  • Urdu: “ہوناوار”
  • Urdu: “ہوناور”
  • Vietnamese: “Honavar”

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