Nora (island) explained

Nora (also transliterated: Norah) is the second largest island in the Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea, and one of the three inhabited islands of the archipelago. It has an area of 105.15 km.[1] It reaches a maximum height of 37 meters in the northeast.[2]

In 2009 the island had a population of 373 in 66 households.[3]

References

16.05°N 40.06°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2013/08/28/1306309110.DCSupplemental/sd01.csv PNAS Islands Database
  2. http://loadmap.net/en/m27425 Topographic Map of the General Staff of the USSR 1:200,000, map sheet D37-04
  3. http://webbase.cisu.dk/PubliceredeDokumenter/%7B8D1C0A11-8054-7BCB-EBED-1CBBBD0D3E1F%7D_1292.pdf The Danish Society for the Living Sea: Clean drinking water for two island communities of Eritrea