Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Ghubbah | |
Timezone: | Asia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Socotra Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Socotra |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Hidaybu District |
Utc Offset: | +03:00 |
Ghubbah (; alt. Gubba or Ghoba)[1] is a village on the main island of Socotra, Yemen in the Hidaybu District. Located at the north-west coast halfway between Hadibu and Qulensya, it is situated on a barren coralline plateau 5 m above sea level.The settlement has a cenote located between its Awdaf neighbourhood and the sea. It is of deep blue colour and has an oval measurement of 50 m x 40 m and is 37 m deep. Fresh water feeds into it from the sea.[2]
Another water pool is located just south of the main road bypassing the village. It is a brackish and muddy salty sink hole of larger dimensions, 120 m x 90 m but barely 2 m deep. On the shallow surrounding ledges the villagers have built small salt evaporation pans for salt winning.[2] This water pool is also dubbed Socotra Crater as some scholars hold that it is a meteor crater.[3] But this theory is controversial.[4]
In the area of Ghubbah are ongoing initiatives to replant and to restore Grey Mangroves.[5]