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Eritrean kids holding the Eritrean flag underwater |
Eritrea's coastline is 2,234 km, with 1,151 km of it coming from its mainland and 1,083 km coming from it's islands on the Red Sea(
CIA). It's teritorial waters extend between 12° and 18°N and ends at the constriction of Bab el Mandab ('The Gate of Tears') and the Gulf of Aden. Eritrea has 354 islands scattered around it's coastal waters (
2007, by Denison, Paice. p.157). A total of 210 of those islands are found off the coast of Semhar, while 137 islands are found near Dankalia and 7 are found off the coast of Sahel (
2007, by Denison, Paice. p.158). Due to scarce drinking water on the islands, only 10 of the 354 islands are inhabited by people (
EEJ, p.3)
Islands that are regarded as small, or typically less than 1km² number around 276, or 78% of the total and account for less than 1% of the area. Medium-sized islands, which are often between 1 and 10km² in area number 63, or 17.8% of the total. Islands that are regarded large, whose area is greater than 10km², only number around 15 (
2007, by Denison, Paice. p.157).
The following chart is a list of Eritrea's 15 most largest islands in area.
Name of Islands | Size (km²) |
Dahlak Kibir | 643 |
Norah | 103 |
Halba | 78 |
Baka | 48 |
Howakil | 41 |
Erwa | 34 |
Nahaleg | 31 |
Harmil | 22 |
Harat | 20 |
Isratu | 18 |
Adjuz | 14 |
Unnamed | 14 |
Aucan | 13 |
Dohul | 12 |
Dar Dase | 11 |
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Did you know?
There are 1,4000 known fish species living in Eritrea's waters, and 17% of those fishes are found nowhere else (
EEJ, p.5). There are also 250 known coral species, in which 20% of those are found only in Eritrea's Red Sea waters (
EEJ, p.5). Eritrea's territoral waters consists of 60,000km², which would make it about half the size of Eritrea's total land mass (
2007, by Denison, Paice. p.155). With a combined size of 2234km² of coastline, Eritrea has the 6th longest coastline in Africa, after Madagascar (4838km), Somalia (3025km), South Africa (2798km), Mozambique (2470km), and Egypt (2450km) (
CIA).
Following images is of Eritrea's islands, wildlife and information. Please click the images to view larger quality.
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Map of Eritrea's territorial waters, which is half the size of Eritrea |
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Map showing names and location of Eritrean Islands |
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Infant turtles on Dahlak Kibir Island |
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Dolphins off the coast of Eritrea |
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Eritrean Fishermen |
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Eritrean scuba diver |
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Birds off the coast of Eritrea - photo by Dawit Semere -2007 |
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Eritrean island near Dahlak Kibir |
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Alasla Island, Eritrea -Photo by amani akrem |
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Sunrise off the Dahlak Islands |
Sources to most photos is courtesy of:
Eritrean Embassy to Japan (EEJ)
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