Nora (island)

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]

View of the island from space.

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

References
  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 Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (2011)


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