Nelson Island

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Nelson's Island
Satellite image of Abukir Bay, with Nelson's Island off the western end of the bay
Satellite image of Abukir Bay , with Nelson's Island off the western end of the bay
Waters Levantine Sea
Geographical location 31 ° 21 '28 "  N , 30 ° 6' 21"  E Coordinates: 31 ° 21 '28 "  N , 30 ° 6' 21"  E
Nelson Island (Egypt Nile Delta)
Nelson Island
length 315 m
width 100 m
surface 2.67 hectares
Highest elevation 9  m
Residents uninhabited

The Nelson Island ( Arabic جزيرة جريشة, Gaziret Dusuqi , DMG Jazīrat Disūqī ) is an uninhabited, approximately 315 meters long island 3.5 km northeast of Abukir , Egypt. It is named after Horatio Nelson . The island reaches a height of nine meters and has a lighthouse .

In 2000, the Egyptologist Paolo Gallo and a team led by Nick Slope, chairman of the Nelson Society, excavated the island and found graves from 1798 and 1801. In 2005, the human remains, including the skeletons of 32 people, including sailors, soldiers, one Wife and three children, as well as by Captain James Russel, commander of HMS Ceres, transferred to the Military and War Memorial Cemetery Al-Shatby in Alexandria . The finds showed that women also served on board the British warships.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sailing Directions: Eastern Mediterranean , p. 30
  2. ↑ GA Henty: At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt. Henty Homeschool History Series. Fireship Press, 2010 [1]
  3. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.733462
  4. ↑ http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4455033.stm
  5. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/1488190/Emotional-tribute-to-sailors-who-helped-Nelson-rout-the-French.html

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