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Elizabeth Island (Danube)
Island in Komárno, Slovakia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Island in Komárno, Slovakia (Slovakian: Alžbetin ostrov, Hungarian: Erzsébet-sziget ) is one of the islands of the Danube, which stretches almost the entire length of the city on the northern bank of the river. It is approximately 2.5 km long and 350 m wide. Elizabeth's bridge leading from Komárom was built at the eastern end of the island in 1892 and is connected to Komárno by a folding bridge built in 1968.
Native name: Alžbetin ostrov | |
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Geography | |
Location | Danube River, Slovakia |
Coordinates | 47.756111°N 18.109722°E / 47.756111; 18.109722 |
Type | River island |
Total islands | 1 |
Area | 770 m2 (8,300 sq ft) |
Length | 2.500 km (1.5534 mi) |
Highest elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
Administration | |
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was connected to the mainland by filling in a wide strip of land at the western end, so that the Danube arm bordering the island from the north (which the people of Komárom call the Little Danube) became a bay. It was named - like the bridge - in honor of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who sailed from Vienna to Pest and set foot on Hungarian soil for the first time. Historically, the island was called Várkormányzói, Komárňanský, and in times of socialism the island of the Red Fleet.[1]