Socotra
Socotra is an archipelago consisting mainly of four main islands and two smaller rocky islets in the Indian Ocean, an offshore territory of Yemen, near the Horn of Africa.
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- Island
- …has about 42,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,500 metres (4,930 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code SCT
- Description: main island of Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel
- Also known as“Jazīrat SuquţrᔓSaqatrī”“Socotra Island”“Soqotra Island”“Sukuṭrā”“Suqatra”“Suquţrá”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
12.4581° or 12° 27′ 29″ north
Longitude
53.8502° or 53° 51′ 1″ east
UN/LOCODE
YE SCT
Open location code
7H4MFV52+63
OpenStreetMap ID
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Socotra” goes by many names.
SokotraAfrikaans
ሱቁጥራAmharic
جزيرة سقطرىArabic
ساقطْريArabic
سقطرةArabic
سقطرهArabic
سقطرىArabic
سقطـرىArabic
سوقطرةArabic
SocotraAragonese
ՍոկոտրաArmenian
SocotoraAsturian
SocotraAsturian
SokotraAzerbaijani
Sokotra adasıAzerbaijani
SocotraBalinese
SokotoraBasque
SokotraBasque
СакотраBelarusian
সুকাত্রাBengali
SokotraBosnian
Enezeg SokotraBreton
SokotraBreton
СокотраBulgarian
SocotoraCatalan
SocotraCatalan
SokotraCatalan
SoqotraCatalan
SukutraCatalan
SuqutraCatalan
SocotraCebuano
سۆکۆتڕاCentral Kurdish
索科特拉岛Chinese
索科特拉島Chinese
SokotraCroatian
SokotraCzech
SocotraDanish
SoqotraDimli (individual language)
SocotraDutch
SokotoroEsperanto
SokotraEsperanto
SokotroEsperanto
SukutraEsperanto
SokotraEstonian
SocotraFinnish
SokotraFinnish
SukutraFinnish
SuqutraFinnish
SocotraGalician
სოკოტრაGeorgian
Αρχιπέλαγος ΣοκότραGreek
Αρχιπέλαγος της ΣοκότραGreek
Νήσοι ΣοκότραGreek
Νήσος ΣοκότραGreek
ΣοκότραGreek
SocotraHausa
ארכיפלג סוקוטרהHebrew
סוקוטרהHebrew
सुक़ुत्राHindi
SzokotraHungarian
SokotraIcelandic
SokotraIdo
SocotraIndonesian
SokotraIndonesian
SocatraIrish
SocotraItalian
SokochraJamaican Creole English
スクトゥラ島Japanese
ソコトラ島Japanese
ソコトラ諸島Japanese
СокотраKazakh
Сокотра қаласыKazakh
Pulau SoqotraKomering
소코트라Korean
소코트라 섬Korean
SokotraLatvian
SokotraLithuanian
СокотраMacedonian
SôkôtraMalagasy
SocotraMalay
സൊകോത്രMalayalam
SocotraMaltese
SokotraMaltese
SuqatraMaltese
سقطراMazanderani
სოკოტრაMingrelian
Сокотра ольтригMongolian
سوقوطراNorthern Luri
SokotraNorwegian
SocotraNorwegian Bokmål
SokotraNorwegian Bokmål
SoqotraNorwegian Bokmål
SocotraNorwegian Nynorsk
SokotraNorwegian Nynorsk
SoqotraNorwegian Nynorsk
SocotraOccitan (post 1500)
جزایر سقطریPersian
جزایر سوکوتراPersian
سقطراPersian
سقطریPersian
SocòtraPiemontese
Archipelag SokotraPolish
SokotraPolish
SocotraRomanian
СокотраRussian
СокотраSerbian
سقطرىSerbian
SokotraSerbo-Croatian
SokotraSlovak
SakatriSlovenian
SokotraSlovenian
SoqotraSomali
SokotraSundanese
SokotraSwahili
SocotraSwedish
SokotraSwedish
SoqotraSwedish
SuqutraSwedish
Kapuluan ng SocotraTagalog
SocotoraTagalog
SocotraTagalog
SokotoraTagalog
SokotraTagalog
SoqotraTagalog
SoqutraTagalog
SuqotraTagalog
SuquṭraTagalog
சுகுத்திராTamil
சோகோட்ராTamil
సొకొట్రాTelugu
โซโคตราThai
Haghier DağlarıTurkish
SocotraTurkish
Socotra AdasıTurkish
SocotranTurkish
SocotriTurkish
SokotraTurkish
Sokotra AdasıTurkish
SokotriTurkish
SoqotraTurkish
SoqotranTurkish
SukatraTurkish
SukutraTurkish
SuqutraTurkish
СокотраUkrainian
SocotraUrdu
سقطریUrdu
SocotraVietnamese
SocotraWaray (Philippines)
SocotraWelsh
Սոքոթրա կղզինWestern Armenian
سقوطراWestern Panjabi
سقوطرہWestern Panjabi
索科特拉岛Wu Chinese
SocotraYoruba
索科特拉島Yue Chinese
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