Banana Island
Banana Island is an islet in Qena Governorate, Egypt. Banana Island is situated nearby to the bus station Луксор, as well as near the grassland Football Field.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Bank and Luxor Temple.
West Bank
Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West Bank of Luxor in Egypt is also the gateway to the amazing Valley of the Kings, and a string of pharaonic mortuary temples vies with the richly-decorated Tombs of the Nobles and the workmen's village, Deir el-Medineh, for the visitors’ attention.
Luxor Temple
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. Luxor Temple is situated 2½ km northeast of Banana Island.
Sidi Abou Al Hagag Al Aqsry Mosque
Mosque
The Abu Haggag Mosque is a mosque in Luxor, in the Luxor Governorate of Egypt. The mosque contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag, after whom the mosque is named. Sidi Abou Al Hagag Al Aqsry Mosque is situated 2½ km northeast of Banana Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Bank and Luxor.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 6 km north of Banana Island.
Banana Island
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Gezira El Mozh”
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.68335° or 25° 41′ northLongitude
32.62295° or 32° 37′ 23″ eastOpen location code
7GQJMJMF+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 93649533OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Banana Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة الموز”
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