Nora (island)

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File:Nora (LANDSAT).png
View of the island from space.

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 km2.[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]

File:ISS064-E-10273 - View of Eritrea - Naheleg - Mahun - Nora Island - clouds (cropped) (cropped).jpg
nearby islands Nahaleg, Mahun and Nora Island with clouds

References

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  1. ↑ PNAS Islands Database
  2. ↑ Topographic Map of the General Staff of the USSR 1:200,000, map sheet D37-04 (Russian)
  3. ↑ The Danish Society for the Living Sea: Clean drinking water for two island communities of Eritrea Template:Webarchive (2011)

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