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Ramla Bay

Ramla Bay is a bay with a beach of reddish-coloured sand in , in the Maltese Islands. It lies on the north-east coast of the island, between the bays of and San Blas. The closest village is .
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  • Type: Beach
  • Description: bay
  • Also known as: “Ir-Ramla l-Ħamra”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Calypso’s Cave and Ġgantija.

Cave
Calypso's Cave is a natural cave, located on the western side of the , near the town of , on the island of . The cave is alleged to be the one referenced in the Odyssey as the cave where the nymph Calypso kept Odysseus prisoner for seven years after his ship was wrecked after a fierce storm. is situated 430 metres west of Ramla Bay.

Photo: FritzPhotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era, on the Mediterranean island of in . The temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt. is situated 2 km southwest of Ramla Bay.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.
is a natural cave located on the eastern side of . It is very commonly confused with which is located on the other side of the same bay. is situated 510 metres east of Ramla Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Blas Bay and Marsalforn.

Hamlet
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small beach located in , . The beach mostly consists of a fine, reddish sand. It is located 1.54 kilometres west of the larger as well as 2 kilometres north of .

Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also written as M'Forn for shortcut purposes, is a town on the north coast of , the second largest island of the Maltese archipelago. The town lies between the hilltop towns of and .

Village
Photo: Mariosaliba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an administrative unit of , located in the eastern part of the island of . is built on a plateau and is one of the largest localities in Gozo. is situated 2½ km south of Ramla Bay.

Ramla Bay

Latitude
36.06166° or 36° 3′ 42″ north
Longitude
14.28412° or 14° 17′ 3″ east
Open location code
8F8P376M+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 248796612
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Wiki­data ID
Q909059
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Ramla Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج الرملة”
  • Cebuano: “Ir-Ramla”
  • Dutch: “Ramla Bay”
  • French: “baie de Ramla”
  • French: “Baie de Ramla”
  • German: “Ramla Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ רמלה”
  • Hungarian: “Ramla Bay”
  • Japanese: “ラムラ湾”
  • Korean: “람라만”
  • Lithuanian: “Ramlos įlanka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramla Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramlabukta”
  • Polish: “Calypso Cave”
  • Polish: “Czerwona piaszczysta plaża”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Kalipso”
  • Polish: “Ramla Bay”
  • Polish: “Ramla il-Hamra”
  • Polish: “Ramla il-Ħamra”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Ramla”
  • Swedish: “Ir-Ramla”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ramla bay Roman villa and Ir-Ramla l-Ħamra (right Side Of Bay).

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ramla Bay”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.