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Socotra (/ s ə ˈ k oʊ t r ə, s oʊ-, ˈ s ɒ k ə t r ə /; Arabic: سُقُطْرَىٰ Suquṭrā) or Saqatri (Soqotri: ساقطْري Saqaṭri) is an island in the Indian Ocean part of Yemen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the six islands in ...
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Socotra on Ptolemy's world map, reconstituted from his Geography in the 15th century. In the late 2nd century BCE, Agatharchides recorded merchants from Potana, coming to the "Blessed Islands" (Socotra) to trade with Alexandrian merchants. [8] The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a first-century CE Greek navigation aid describes Socotra as follows:
Socotra is the easternmost approximately 380 km south of the Arabian Peninsula and 225 km east of Cape Guardafui. Samhah and Darsah, known as The Brothers, are southwest of Socotra and east of Abd al Kuri. [13] The islands are composed largely of limestone. The Hajhir Mountains on Socotra have areas of exposed granite. [13]
A clickable map of Yemen exhibiting its 21 governorates. Category: Unitary state: ... b - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the ...
The island of Socotra, a UNESCO World Heritage site home to the rare Dragon Blood tree, has long been a strategic port given its location on a key East-West trade route for cargo and energy ...
Google Maps: Socotra This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 10:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...