Nora (island)

Nora
	LANDSAT image
Waters	Red Sea
Archipelago	Dahlak Archipelago
Geographical location	16 ° 3 ' N , 40 ° 4' E Coordinates: 16 ° 3 ' N , 40 ° 4' E
length	17 km
width	16.3 km
surface	105.15 km²
Highest elevation	37 m
Residents	373 Fischer (2009) ; 3.5 inhabitants / km²
main place	Nora
	Nora in the Dahlak Archipelago

Nora , as Norah transcribed, is the second largest island in to Eritrea belonging Dahlak archipelago in the Red Sea , and next to Dahlak Kebir and Dehil one of the three inhabited islands of the archipelago.

The island is located in the northwest of the archipelago and is 105 km² in size. From its south coast it is about twelve kilometers to the north of the main island of the group, Dahlak Kebir . Their greatest length of 17 km, however, is northwest-southeast. It is 16.3 km from northeast to southwest. The coastline is characterized by large bays, resulting in an area of only 105 km. Administratively, like the entire Dahlak Archipelago, Nora belongs to the Semienawi Kayih Bahri region .

According to the PNAS island database, Nora has an area of exactly 105.15 km². It reaches its maximum height of 37 meters in the northeast.

In 2009 the island had 373 inhabitants in 66 households.

The Dahalik language is spoken on the island as well as on Dahlak Kebir and Dehil .

The entire island and the surrounding waters are part of the Dahlak Marine National Park .

Individual evidence

^ PNAS Islands Database
↑ Topographic map of the General Staff of the USSR 1: 200,000, map sheet D37-04 in Russian
↑ The Danish Society for the Living Sea: Clean drinking water for two island communities of Eritrea ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2011) @1@ 2

↑ Marie-Claude SIMEONE-Senelle: A survey of the Dahalik language language, to Afro-Semitic language spoken Exclusively in Eritrea (2005)

[1] PNAS Islands Database

[2] Topographic map of the General Staff of the USSR 1: 200,000, map sheet D37-04 in Russian

[3] The Danish Society for the Living Sea: Clean drinking water for two island communities of Eritrea ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2011) @1@ 2

[4] Marie-Claude SIMEONE-Senelle: A survey of the Dahalik language language, to Afro-Semitic language spoken Exclusively in Eritrea (2005)