Zuqar Island
Zuqar Island is a Yemeni island located in the Red Sea. It lies between the coasts of mainland Yemen and Eritrea, near the Strait of Bab al-Mandab which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
NASA, Public domain.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 520 metres (1,720 feet)
- Description: island in the Red Sea
- Also known as“Al-Zukur”“Az Zuqur”“Jabal Zukur Island”“Jabal Zuqar”“Jabal Zuqar Island”“Jazirat al Zuqur”“Jazirat Jabal Zuqar”“Jazīrat Jabal Zuqūr”“Jazīrat Zuqar”“Jebel Zukur”“Jebel Zukur Island”“Jebel Zuqar”
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Latitude
14.00853° or 14° 0′ 31″ north
Longitude
42.74506° or 42° 44′ 42″ east
Open location code
7H642P5W+C2
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Zuqar Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة زقر,”
- Arabic: “زقر”
- Azerbaijani: “Zukar adası”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Зукар”
- Belarusian: “Зукар”
- Cebuano: “Jazīrat Jabal Zuqar”
- Chinese: “祖卡島”
- Croatian: “Zukar”
- Dutch: “Zuqar Island”
- Esperanto: “Zuqar-insulo”
- Estonian: “Zuqar”
- French: “Île Zuqar”
- German: “Zuqar”
- Greek: “Νήσος Ζουκάρ”
- Hebrew: “האי זוקר”
- Hebrew: “זוקר (אי)”
- Hebrew: “זוקר”
- Hindi: “ज़ुक़र द्वीप”
- Italian: “Zuqar”
- Japanese: “ズカル島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zuqar”
- Persian: “جزیره زقر”
- Polish: “Dżazirat Dżabal Zukar”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Zuqar”
- Russian: “Зукар”
- Slovak: “Džazíra Džabal Zukar”
- Spanish: “Isla Zuqar”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jabal Zuqar and South Peak.
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