Fagal
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Fagal (
Khor `Angar
.
Overview
The relative uplift rates[clarification needed] calculated at Fagal in the early 1980s were reportedly 24 at Fagal, 320 at Obock, 256 at Tadjoura, and 72 mm/103 yr at Djibouti City.[3]
During the last ice age, which affected water levels, it is believed that many people migrated across the
Strait of Mandab of the Red Sea from the Fagal area to Yemen. Similarly it was a likely landing ground for many people arriving in the Horn of Africa from the Middle East
.
In 2010, Dominican Republican swimmer
Wutung in Papua New Guinea to Mabo in Jayapura, Indonesia, the second from Mayyun to Fagal, the third from Marruecos, Morocco to Tarifa, Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar, and the fourth from Big Diomedes Island in Russia to Little Diomedes Island in Alaska.[4]
References
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search Archived 2017-03-18 at the Wayback Machine) Accessed 29 May 2011.
- ^ Société géologique de France (1980). Bulletin de la Société géologique de France. La Société. p. 960. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ Chemical abstracts. American Chemical Society. 12 October 1981. p. 213. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Marcos Diaz's Unique Visuals and Vision". Daily News of Open Water Swimming. February 23, 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.