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    Chergui

    جزيرة شرقي, Šarkí, Scharqi-Insel

    34°45′N 11°16′E

    Chergui (Arabic: شرقي) is the largest of the Kerkennah Islands off the east coast of Tunisia. The name means "Easterner" in Arabic. The main town is Remla. The island has an area of 110 km2 (42 sq mi). The second largest island of the Kerkennah Islands group, Gharbi, means "Westerner" in Arabic.

    Chergui (Satellitenbild)
    Chergui (Satellitenbild)

    Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Lic / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Terrain

    34°45′N 11°16′E

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    Overview

    Chergui (Arabic: شرقي) is the largest of the Kerkennah Islands off the east coast of Tunisia. The name means "Easterner" in Arabic. The main town is Remla. The island has an area of 110 km2 (42 sq mi). The second largest island of the Kerkennah Islands group, Gharbi, means "Westerner" in Arabic.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Kerkennah Islands

    • Gharbi

      48.2 km²▲ 14 m

      Major islands

    • Gremdi

      2 km²▲ 4 m

      Minor islands

    • Roumadia

      1.6 km²▲ 3 m

      Minor islands

    • Lazdad

      0.67 km²

      Minor islands

    • Sefnou

      0.5 km²▲ 5 m

      Minor islands

    • Charmadia

      —

      Minor islands

    • Rakadia

      —

      Minor islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs