Heissa Island

Heissa Island is an island in , . Heissa Island is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philae and Philae Temple.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Island was an island near the expansive of the Nile in . Due to the building of the , the island is today submerged.

Photo: Moh hakem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the , downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, in Africa.

Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or el-Heissa is an inhabited basaltic island situated at the former of the Nile River in historic within the of southern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nile 1st. Cataract and Shellal.

Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between and , where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets.

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . It was the traditional northern frontier of the region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire.

Heissa Island

Latitude
24.0134° or 24° 0′ 48″ north
Longitude
32.8766° or 32° 52′ 36″ east
Open location code
7GPJ2V7G+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5366928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
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Satellite Map

Discover Heissa Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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