Kappad
Kappad, or Kappakadavu locally, is famous as the beach near Calicut, India, where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on May 20, 1498. A small stone monument there commemorates the landing with the inscription, "Vasco da Gama landed here, Kappakadavu, in the year 1498." It is one of the most important tourist places in Kerala, with a wide and beautiful beach.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: beach
- Description: Beach in Kozhikode district, Keralam, India
- Also known as: “Kappakadavu”, “Kappkadavu”, and “കപ്പക്കടവ്”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chemancheri railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koyilandy and Chemancheri.
Kappad
- Category: village in India
- Location: Kozhikode District, Malabar, Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.385° or 11° 23′ 6″ north
Longitude
75.7175° or 75° 43′ 3″ east
Open location code
7J3Q9PP9+22
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Kappad” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কাপ্পাড”
- Chinese: “卡帕德”
- Dutch: “Kappad”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاباد”
- Gujarati: “કપ્પડ”
- Kannada: “ಕಪ್ಪಾಡ್ ಕಡಲತೀರ”
- Kannada: “ಕಪ್ಪಾಡ್”
- Malayalam: “കാപ്പാട്”
- Panjabi: “ਕੱਪੜ”
- Portuguese: “Kappad”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاپاد (هیندوستان)”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاپاد”
- Tamil: “காப்பாடு”
- Turkish: “Kappad”
- Ukrainian: “Каппад”
- Urdu: “کپاڈ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chathanamkunni Colony and Thekkechalil Colony.
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