Aibat Explained
| Aibat island |
| Location: | Somaliland |
| Coordinates: | From to |
| Archipelago: | Zeila Archipelago |
| Ethnic Groups: | Uninhabited [1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Awdal#Somaliland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Aibat (Somali: Ceebaad|italic=no) is the second-largest of the six islands of the Zeila Archipelago. It has a lighthouse.[2] It is a low and sandy island, with bushes, that is around 1.75 miles in length and around 0.55 miles in breadth. It is mostly surrounded by a reef.[3] The island has an area of 1.58 square kilometers (158 hectares) and is located 1.9 kilometers north of Sacadin Island, the largest of the group, and about 21 kilometers east of the Djibouti border.
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11.502°N 43.457°W
Notes and References
- Philip Briggs https://books.google.com/books?id=M6NI2FejIuwC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=Sa%27ad+ad-Din+Islands&source=bl&ots=pcZDCLGxdj&sig=1XbocDUyly-3A_sHByX9VUp_DbU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSlfPE7ZfOAhUS8mMKHXI0ACwQ6AEIXTAM#v=onepage&q=Sa'ad%20ad-Din%20Islands&f=false "Somaliland: With Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia"
- Book: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Sailing Directions - Enroute. ProStar Publications. 2007. 9781577857600. 176.
- Book: Great Britain. Hydrographic Department. The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot: Containing Descriptions of the Suez Canal, the Gulfs of Suez and Akaba, the Red Sea and Straight [sic] of Bab-el-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden with Sokotra and Adjacent Islands, and Part of the Eastern Coast of Arabia]. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty. 1892. 405.
