Shadwan (Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة شدوان) is a barren rocky island 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula and 20 miles northeast of El Gouna. It is the largest of a group of islands in the mouth of the Gulf of Suez in the northern Red Sea and measures 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) in length, and between 3 and 5 kilometres (1.9 and 3.1 mi) wide.[1] It was formerly also called Shaker Island and features a lighthouse. The island is famous as a touristic site for underwater diving and fishing.
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Shadwan (Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة شدوان) is a barren rocky island 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula and...
(Hebrew: מבצע רודוס) was an Israeli heliborne raid against the Egyptian island of Shadwan on 22 January 1970, during the War of Attrition. It was carried out...
The Gili Islands (Indonesian: Tiga Gili [Three Gilis], Kepulauan Gili [Gili Islands]) are an archipelago of three small islands or Gili island triplets —...
as "A line running from Ras Muhammed (27°43'N) to the South point of ShadwanIsland (34°02'E) and thence Westward on a parallel (27°27'N) to the coast of...
maximal elevation of 443 metres (1,453 ft). Weno city on Weno (formerly Moen) Island functions as both the atoll's capital and the state capital, and is the...
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Island Rottnest Island San Andrés (island) San Pedro Nolasco Island Shaʽb Abu Nuħas ShadwanIsland Similan Islands Sipadan Socorro Island Sound of Mull...
Island Rottnest Island San Andrés (island) San Pedro Nolasco Island Shaʽb Abu Nuħas ShadwanIsland Similan Islands Sipadan Socorro Island Sound of Mull...
Suez [A line running from Ràs Muhammed (27°43'N) to the South point of ShadwanIsland (34°02'E) and thence Westward on a parallel (27°27'N) to the coast of...
or sinkhole, which is open to the surface and has developed in a bank or island composed of a carbonate bedrock (limestone or coral reef). Blue holes typically...
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Island Rottnest Island San Andrés (island) San Pedro Nolasco Island Shaʽb Abu Nuħas ShadwanIsland Similan Islands Sipadan Socorro Island Sound of Mull...
Cenotes are common geological forms in low-altitude regions, particularly on islands, coastlines, and platforms with young post-Paleozoic limestone with little...
the Dominican Republic, which occupies the eastern part of the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola, itself part of the Greater Antilles archipelago." Condé Nast...
miles (11 km; 6.9 mi). The waters of the North Atlantic south of Nantucket Island are frequently the site of intermittent fog, as the cold Labrador Current...
(1967–70), ShadwanIsland in the Red Sea to the east of the city was fortified by Egyptian troops and used as a radar post. On 22 January 1970 the island was...
Island Rottnest Island San Andrés (island) San Pedro Nolasco Island Shaʽb Abu Nuħas ShadwanIsland Similan Islands Sipadan Socorro Island Sound of Mull...
operated as a hospital ship from 1915 until her sinking near the Greek island of Kea, in the Aegean Sea, in November 1916. At the time she was the largest...
commandos are transported by IAF Super Frelon helicopters to ShadwanIsland where they capture the island and dismantle a British-made Egyptian Decca radar and...
Ko Tao (Thai: เกาะเต่า, pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ tàw], lit. ''Turtle Island'') is an island in Thailand and is part of the Chumphon Archipelago on the western...
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