Elephanta
Elephanta is an island off of Mumbai and home to the Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It consists of a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Pallavi.sam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Elephanta Caves
Cave
Photo: Eatcha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, which have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, also known as JNPT and Nhava Sheva Port, is the second largest container port in India after Mundra Port.
Elephanta
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Mumbai Harbour, India, containing historic caves
- Categories: coastline, locality and landform
- Location: Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
18.96216° or 18° 57' 44" northLongitude
72.93362° or 72° 56' 1" eastPopulation
1,200Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)Open Location Code
7JCJXW6M+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 22825787OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap Feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
1272073Wikidata ID
Q175304Elephanta Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جزيرة إليفانتا
- Arabic: جزيرة الفيلة
- Arabic: جزيرة بوري
- Arabic: جزيرة غابوري
- Bashkir: Гхарапури
- Basque: Elefanta
- Belarusian: Востраў Элефанта
- Belarusian: Элефанта
- Catalan: Elephanta
- Cebuano: Elephanta Island
- Chinese: 象岛
- Dutch: Elephanta
- English: Elephanta Island
- English: Gharapuri Island
- English: Pory Island
- French: Île d'Éléphanta
- French: île Gharapuri
- French: île d'Éléphanta
- German: Elephanta
- Hebrew: האי אלפנטה
- Hindi: एलिफेंटा की गुफ़ाएँ
- Korean: 엘레판타섬
- Malayalam: എലിഫന്റ ദ്വീപ്
- Malayalam: എലിഫെന്റ ദ്വീപ്
- Marathi: एलिफंटा आयलंड
- Marathi: घारापुरी द्वीप
- Norwegian: Elephanta-øya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Elephanta-øya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Elephanta
- Polish: Elefanta
- Portuguese: Elephanta
- Portuguese: Gharapuri
- Portuguese: Ilha de Elefanta
- Portuguese: Ilha do Elefante
- Portuguese: Pory
- Romanian: Elephanta
- Russian: Гхарапури
- Spanish: Isla Elefanta
- Swedish: Elephanta
- Tamil: எலிபெண்டா தீவு
- Turkish: Elephanta Adası
- Urdu: ایلیفینٹا جزیرہ
- Uzbek: Garapuri
- Welsh: Ynys Elephanta
- Western Panjabi: ایلیفینٹا جزیرہ
- Ghārapuri
- ilha de Elefante
Other Places Named Elephanta
In the Area
Elephanta is situated close to the locality Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and the village Sheva.
- Sheva NhavaVillage
- Prayag NagarNeighbourhood
- MahulSuburb
- AmbapadaNeighbourhood
- Mahul KoliwadaNeighbourhood, 7 km northwest
- Vishnu NagarNeighbourhood, 8 km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Elephanta. Photo: Pallavi.sam, CC BY-SA 4.0.