Native name: عبد الكوري | |
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 Photograph by NASA | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Guardafui Channel |
| Coordinates | 12°11′8.9″N 52°14′18″E / 12.185806°N 52.23833°E |
| Archipelago | Socotra Archipelago[1] |
| Area | 133 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Length | 36 km (22.4 mi) |
| Width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Highest point | Mount Ṣāliḥ[2] |
| Administration | |
| Governorate | Socotra Governorate[3] |
| Capital city | Kilmia |
| Demographics | |
| Population | [1] |
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] Its terrain primarily consists of granite and diorite covered with limestone.[5]
As of 2022, the island's population is unknown, due to reports of United Arab Emirates occupying forces overseeing the expulsion of the island's communities, by gunpoint, in order to establish a UAE military base and airstrip on the landmass.[6]
- ^ a b Socotra Governance & Biodiversity Project - "Welcome to Socotra" Archived 22 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine 10 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "ʿAbd al-Kūrī | Arabian Sea, Socotra, Dhofar | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b GeoNames National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ Steele, John. Ocean Currents: A Derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. p. 160.
- ^ Schürmann (1974) pp. 24.
- ^ "UAE occupation forces displace dozens of families from Abd al Kuri Island". Yemen Press Agency. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.