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Socotra, [a] locally known as Saqatri, [b] is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea , it lies near major shipping routes. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as it comprises around 95% of the landmass of the archipelago.
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]
Abd al Kuri (Arabic: عبد الكوري) is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. [4] As a part of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate of Yemen, [3] [2] it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the main island of Socotra. [2]
Socotra Airport (Arabic:مطار سقطرى) is an airport in Socotra, Yemen (IATA: SCT, ICAO: OYSQ). [1] It is the only commercial airport that serves the Yemeni ...
The history of the Yemenite archipelago of Socotra describes the cultures, events, peoples and strategic relevance for sea trade for the archipelago. Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago.
However, since it is administrated in the Socotra Governorate, it is under Yemeni jurisdiction. [2] Despite Khuuri and the other three islands being less than 370 km (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 's definition of a state's exclusive economic zone) from Somalia's coast, they do not fall under the exclusive economic zone of ...
The Soqotri primarily inhabit the Socotra Archipelago, on Socotra island and the Abd al Kuri, Darsah and Samhah districts of the Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. [1] According to Ethnologue, there are an estimated 71,400 Soqotri. As of the last 1990 Socotra census, they numbered around 57,000. [1] Most Soqotri are Sunni Muslim. [1]
Targeted by a UAV in the Arabian Sea around 170 nautical miles (310 km; 200 mi) south of Socotra, or 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) off the coast of mainland Yemen, the container ship was directly struck, making it the Houthis' furthest attack so far and first successful one in the Indian Ocean, which they had targeted several times ...