Darsa
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| Waters | Guardafui Channel, Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Socotra , al-Ichwan | |
| Geographical location | 12 ° 7 '18 " N , 53 ° 16' 37" E | |
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| length | 7.2 km | |
| width | 1.8 km | |
| surface | 10 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 392 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Darsa ( Arabic درسة, DMG Darsa , also Darsah ) is - apart from a few rocky islands - the smallest and southernmost island of the Socotra archipelago in the north-western Indian Ocean and thus represents the southernmost landmass of the Republic of Yemen . Administratively, like all islands of the archipelago, it belongs to the governorate Socotra .
geography
The uninhabited island is around 38 km southwest of Socotra , the main island of the archipelago. Darsa and its neighboring island of Samha in the west, 17 km away, are also known as al-Ichwan /الإخوان / al-Iḫwān / means 'the brothers'. The elongated island is about 7 km long, up to 1.8 km wide and has an area of around 10 km².
Together with the three neighboring islands of the Socotra Archipelago, Darsa has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Socotra Archipelago. UNESCO, accessed July 2, 2017 .