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Djibouti

Moucha Island

Moucha Island is a coral island in the Gulf of Tadjoura, just off the shores of . Its total length is no more than 3 km, and it is surrounded by Maskali Island, a group of tiny islands and a coral reef.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti
  • Also known as: “Ile Moucha”, “Île Moucha جزيرة موشا”, “Maskali Island”, “Moucha”, and “Moucha Islands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moucha Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an serving Moucha Island in . The status of this airport is unclear, as no records or photos of its existence can be found.

Moucha Island

Latitude
11.7191° or 11° 43′ 9″ north
Longitude
43.1979° or 43° 11′ 53″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
IATA airport code
MHI
Open location code
7H35P59X+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316801833
Geo­Names ID
221637
Wiki­data ID
Q258363
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Satellite Map

Discover Moucha Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Moucha Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة موشا”
  • Basque: “Moucha uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Муша (востраў)”
  • Belarusian: “Муша”
  • Cebuano: “Île Moucha”
  • Dutch: “Île Moucha”
  • Dutch: “Moucha eiland”
  • French: “île Moucha”
  • French: “Île Moucha”
  • Georgian: “მუშის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Île Moucha”
  • German: “Musha”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Moucha”
  • Hebrew: “האי מוצ’ה”
  • Hebrew: “מוצ’ה”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Moucha”
  • Japanese: “ムチャ島”
  • Korean: “무샤섬”
  • Macedonian: “Муша”
  • Persian: “جزیره موشا”
  • Russian: “Муша (остров)”
  • Russian: “Муша”
  • Spanish: “Isla Moucha”
  • Swedish: “Île Moucha”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Moucha Island”. Photo: Skilla1st, CC BY-SA 4.0.