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 Bab-el-Mandeb strait which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- 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”, and “Jebel Zuqar”
Zuqar Island
- Categories: shield volcano and landform
- Location: At Tuhayta District, Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Zuqar Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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”
- Polish: “Dżazirat Dżabal Zukar”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Zuqar”
- Russian: “Зукар”
- Slovak: “Džazíra Džabal Zukar”
- Spanish: “Isla Zuqar”
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