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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Chemancheri railway station.
Chemancheri railway station
Railway station
Chemancheri railway station is a monument of India's freedom struggle and the station serving the historical town of Kappad in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koyilandy and Chemancheri.
Koyilandy
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koyilandy or Quilandy/Quilandi is a town in Kozhikode District, in the Malabar region of Kerala, India. The population is 72,000.
Kappad
- Type: beach
- Description: village in Kozhikkode District, Kerala, India
- 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″ northLongitude
75.7175° or 75° 43′ 3″ eastOpen location code
7J3Q9PP9+22Wikidata ID
Q3289099
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Kappad” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡帕德”
- Dutch: “Kappad”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاباد”
- Gujarati: “કપ્પડ”
- Malayalam: “Kappad”
- Malayalam: “Kappkadavu”
- Malayalam: “കപ്പക്കടവ്”
- Malayalam: “കാപ്പാട്”
- Panjabi: “ਕੱਪੜ”
- Portuguese: “Kappad”
- Portuguese: “Kappakadavu”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاپاد (هیندوستان)”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاپاد”
- Tamil: “காப்பாடு”
- Turkish: “Kappad”
- Ukrainian: “Каппад”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Kappad”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.