Mogador Island

Mogador Island
Native name:
جزيرة موغادور (Arabic), ⴰⵎⴳⴷⵓⵍ (Berber)
The island as viewed from the mainland
Mogador Island
Geography
LocationNorth Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates31°29′44″N 9°47′11″W / 31.49556°N 9.78639°W / 31.49556; -9.78639
ArchipelagoIles Purpuraires
Administration
RegionMarrakesh-Safi
ProvinceEssaouira Province
Official nameArchipel et dunes d'Essawira
Designated15 January 2005
Reference no.1469

Mogador Island (Arabic: جزيرة موكادور, romanized: Jazīra Mūkādūr; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴳⴷⵓⵍ, romanized: Amegdul; French: Ile Mogador) is the main island of the Iles Purpuraires near Essaouira in Morocco. It is about 3 kilometres (2 miles) long and 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) wide, and lies about 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) from Essaouira.

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