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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 ...
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 has most of archipelago's land mass and population. Abd al Kuri and Samhah are also inhabited. The islands are located between 12° 06′ and 12° 42′ N and 52° 03′ and 54° 32′ E. [13] The islands lie east of the Horn of Africa, separated from Cape Guardafui in Somalia by the Guardafui Channel. Abd Al Kuri is the westernmost ...
Socotra is the most isolated island in the world and lies 200 miles southeast from the coast of Yemen
The island has an area of approximately 3,600 km 2, [10] and measures 132 kilometres (82 mi) in length and 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) in width. [11] Socotra lies some 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of the coast of Somalia and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. [12] A coastal plain, up to 5 km wide, extends around most of Socotra.
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 ...
Roads are from the Open Street Map, by Open Street Map contributors. Adaptions by Maximilian Dörrbecker . Author: Oona Räisänen : Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Topographic map of the districts of Socotra (de).svg; Topographic map of Socotra-hu.svg; Topographic map of Socotra-mk.svg; Topographic map of Socotra-ru.svg
The following are towns and cities in the island archipelago, Socotra. Socotra. Hadibu; Qalansiyah; ... Google Maps: Socotra This page was last edited on 4 ...