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    Socotra Archipelago

    The Socotra Archipelago (Arabic: أرخبيل سقطرى, romanized: ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā), officially the Socotra Archipelago Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā), abbreviated to Socotra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة سقطرى, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Suquṭrā), is one of the governorates of Yemen.

    Dragon’s blood trees, Diksam plateau, Socotra Island
    Dragon’s blood trees, Diksam plateau, Socotra Island

    2socotra / CC BY-SA 4.0

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    52 landforms

    Overview

    The Socotra Archipelago (Arabic: أرخبيل سقطرى, romanized: ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā), officially the Socotra Archipelago Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā), abbreviated to Socotra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة سقطرى, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Suquṭrā), is one of the governorates of Yemen. It consists of four larger islands and three small islets in the Indian Ocean south of mainland Yemen and east of the Horn of Africa. The largest island is Socotra.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands1
    • Minor islands3
    • Islets4
    • Rocks & skerries44

    Major islands

    1
    • Socotra

      Socotra

      Area
      3,591 km²
      High point
      1,519 m

      Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. It is situated between the Gulf of Aden, the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, and lies near major shipping routes. The largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago, it comprises around 95% of the landmass of the archipelago.

    Minor islands

    3

    Islets

    4
    • Sabuniyah16 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island6 m · 0.5 ha
    • Unnamed island0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.1 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    44
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    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m1,519 mSocotra715 mSamhah562 mAbd al Kuri422 mDarsah16 mSabuniyah
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.11101001,00010,000Socotra: 3,591 km²SocotraAbd al Kuri: 130 km²Abd al KuriSamhah: 39.3 km²SamhahDarsah: 7.4 km²DarsahSabuniyah: 0.04 km²SabuniyahUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Socotra3,591 km²
    Abd al Kuri130 km²
    Samhah39.3 km²
    Darsah7.4 km²
    Sabuniyah0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
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    Overlapping groups

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs