main Aswan ferry station
main Aswan ferry station is a pier in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. main Aswan ferry station is situated nearby to Aswan Museum, as well as near the archaeological site Barque Sanctuary of Sesostris I.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephantine and Aswan Museum.
Elephantine
Island
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Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
Aswan Museum
Museum
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Aswan Museum is a museum in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of Aswan, Egypt. It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth. Aswan Museum is situated 200 metres southwest of main Aswan ferry station.
Pyramid of Elefantine
The pyramid of Elephantine is part of a group of seven very similar small step pyramids, along with the pyramids at Edfu South, el-Kula, Naqada, Zawyet el-Maiyitin, Seila, and Sinki. Pyramid of Elefantine is situated 300 metres west of main Aswan ferry station.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 4 km south of main Aswan ferry station.
main Aswan ferry station
- Type: Pier
- Category: transportation
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.08613° or 24° 5′ 10″ northLongitude
32.88849° or 32° 53′ 19″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VPQ+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 269570823OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barque Sanctuary of Sesostris I and Chapels of Intef II and III.
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