Middle East
Oman
Musandam Governorate

Telegraph Island

Telegraph Island is located in the Elphinstone Inlet or Khor Ash Sham, the inner inlet of Khasab Bay, less than 400 meters off the shore of the , and less than 500 meters south of much larger but also much lesser known Sham Island, both of which are parts of the Sultanate of .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khasab.

Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the northwest Omani exclave of and home to about 18,000 inhabitants. It is the state capital of the Musandam peninsula on the coast of the Hormuz Strait between , the and Oman.

Telegraph Island

Latitude
26.19556° or 26° 11′ 44″ north
Longitude
56.3429° or 56° 20′ 34″ east
Open location code
7HRR58WV+65
Open­Street­Map ID
way 13860105
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q5947102
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Telegraph Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة التيليغراف”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة تليغراف”
  • Armenian: “Հեռագրի կղզի”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Маклаб”
  • Belarusian: “Маклаб”
  • Chinese: “电报岛”
  • Dutch: “Telegraph Island”
  • French: “Telegraph Island”
  • German: “Telegrapheninsel”
  • Malayalam: “ടെലിഗ്രാഫ് ഐലൻഡ്”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Telegraføya”
  • Persian: “جزیره تلگراف”
  • Spanish: “Isla Al Maqlab”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jazirat al Maqlab and Jazirat Shamm.

Nearby Places

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