Katchatheevu
Katchatheevu is an uninhabited island in Sri Lanka. The island was governed by British Ceylon from 1921. Though the Indian government never controlled it, the island remained disputed until 1974 between India and Sri Lanka when India recognised Sri Lanka's sovereignty over the island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in India
- Also known as: “Kachchatheevu”
Katchatheevu
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.3886° or 9° 23′ 19″ north
Longitude
79.5262° or 79° 31′ 34″ east
Open location code
6JXX9GQG+FF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Katchatheevu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Telugu—“Katchatheevu” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kachchatheevu”
- French: “Kachchatheevu”
- German: “Kachatheevu”
- German: “Kachathivu”
- German: “Kachativu”
- German: “Kachchatheevu”
- German: “Kachchathivu”
- German: “Katchatheevu”
- German: “Katchathivu”
- Hindi: “कच्चतीवु”
- Indonesian: “Kachchatheevu”
- Japanese: “Kachchatheevu島”
- Japanese: “カッチャティーブ”
- Japanese: “カッチャティヴ島”
- Malayalam: “Kachchatheevu”
- Malayalam: “കച്ചത്തീവ്”
- Portuguese: “Kachchatheevu”
- Sinhala: “කච්චතිවු”
- Sinhala: “කච්චතීවු”
- Spanish: “Kachchatheevu”
- Tamil: “கச்சதீவு”
- Tamil: “கச்சத்தீவு”
- Telugu: “కచ్చాతీవు”
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