Nora (island)

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]

Coordinates: 16°03′00″N 40°03′36″E / 16.050°N 40.060°E / 16.050; 40.060

  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 (2011)


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