Abd al-Kuri
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| Waters | Guardafui Channel, Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Socotra | |
| Geographical location | 12 ° 11 ' N , 52 ° 14' E | |
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| length | 36 km | |
| width | 5.8 km | |
| surface | 133 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Jebel Salih 700 m |
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| Residents | 450 (2011) 3.4 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Kilmia | |
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Abd al-Kuri ( Arabic عبد الكوري ʿAbd al-Kūrī ) is the second largest and most westerly island of the Socotra Archipelago in the north-western Indian Ocean . Politically, it belongs to the Socotra Governorate , Yemen .
geography
The island is 95 km east of Cape Guardafui , the northeasternmost point of the Horn of Africa , and about 350 km south of the Arabian Peninsula at the eastern end of the Gulf of Aden . It is about 105 km away from the main island of Socotra .
Abd al-Kuri is 36 km long, up to 5.8 km wide and has an area of 133 km². Around 450 inhabitants (as of 2011) populate the island; The main town is Kilmia on the south coast. The dry, hilly island in the Jabal Salih reaches a height of 700 m above sea level.
Web links
Commons : Abd al Kuri - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Griffes, Prostar Sailing Directions 2007 Red Sea and the Persin Gulf Enroute
- DG Frodin, Guide to standard floras of the world: an annotated, geographically arranged
Individual evidence
- ^ Socotra Governance & Biodiversity Project. Retrieved January 24, 2015 .