Malta Island
Malta is an island in Southern Europe. It is the largest and most populous of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese Archipelago and the country of Malta.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Valletta and Sliema.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: St. Julian’s and Rabat.
San Gwann
Places of Interest
Highlights: Għar Dalam and Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern Harbor of Malta and Zejtun.
Malta Island
- Type: Park
- Description: island of Malta
- Also known as: “ilha de Malta”, “Malta”, “Maltako uhartea”, “Maltas sala”, “Malto insulo”, “Ön Malta”, “Мелит”, and “جزيره مالطه”
- Historically known as: “Island of Malta”
- Categories: island and recreation area
- Location: Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.8418° or 35° 50′ 31″ north
Longitude
14.5306° or 14° 31′ 50″ east
Population
388,000
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
8F7PRGRJ+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Malta Island” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Marit:Malta (pulo)”
- Arabic: “جزيرة مالطا”
- Armenian: “Մալթա”
- Asturian: “Islla de Malta”
- Azerbaijani: “Malta adası”
- Basque: “Malta uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Мальта”
- Belarusian: “Мальта”
- Bosnian: “Malta”
- Bulgarian: “Малта”
- Catalan: “Illa de Malta”
- Chinese: “馬爾他島”
- Chinese: “馬耳他島”
- Chinese: “马尔他岛”
- Chinese: “马耳他岛”
- Chuvash: “Мальта утравĕ”
- Croatian: “Malta”
- Czech: “Malta”
- Danish: “Malta”
- Dutch: “Eiland Malta” (historical)
- Dutch: “Malta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة مالطا”
- Esperanto: “Malto”
- Estonian: “Malta saar”
- Finnish: “Malta”
- French: “Malte”
- French: “Île de Malte” (historical)
- Galician: “Illa de Malta”
- Georgian: “მალტა”
- German: “Malta”
- German: “Insel Malta” (historical)
- Greek: “Μάλτα”
- Hebrew: “מלטה”
- Hungarian: “Malta”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Malta”
- Irish: “Málta”
- Italian: “Isola di Malta” (historical)
- Italian: “Malta”
- Japanese: “マルタ島”
- Korean: “몰타 섬”
- Korean: “몰타섬”
- Latin: “Melita”
- Latvian: “Malta”
- Limburgan: “Malta”
- Lithuanian: “Maltos sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Malta”
- Macedonian: “Малта”
- Malay: “Pulau Malta”
- Maltese: “Malta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Malta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Malta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya Malta”
- Norwegian: “Malta”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܝܠܛܐ”
- Persian: “مالت”
- Polish: “Malta”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Malta”
- Portuguese: “Malta”
- Romanian: “Insula Malta”
- Russian: “Мальта”
- Serbian: “Malta”
- Serbian: “Малта”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Malta”
- Slovenian: “Malta”
- Spanish: “Isla de Malta”
- Swedish: “Malta”
- Tamil: “மால்டா தீவு”
- Thai: “เกาะมอลตา”
- Turkish: “Malta”
- Ukrainian: “Мальта”
- Vietnamese: “Malta”
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