Ghubbah (Socotra)
Ghubbah | |
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  Ghubbah | |
| Coordinates: 12°36′27″N 53°47′04″E / 12.60750°N 53.78444°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Socotra Governorate |
| Island | Socotra |
| District | Hidaybu District |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (Asia) |
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Ghubbah (
Arabic: غبة, romanized: Ghubbah; alt. Gubba or Ghoba)[1] is a village on the main island of Socotra, Yemen in the Hidaybu District. Located at the north-west coast halfway between Hadibu and Qulensya
, it is situated on a barren coralline plateau 5 m above sea level.
The settlement has a cenote located between its Awdaf neighbourhood and the sea. It is of deep blue colour and has an oval measurement of 50 m x 40 m and is 37 m deep. Fresh water feeds into it from the sea.[2]
Another water pool is located just south of the main road bypassing the village. It is a brackish and muddy salty sink hole of larger dimensions, 120 m x 90 m but barely 2 m deep. On the shallow surrounding ledges the villagers have built small salt evaporation pans for salt winning.[2] This water pool is also dubbed Socotra Crater as some scholars hold that it is a meteor crater.[3] But this theory is controversial.[4]
In the area of Ghubbah are ongoing initiatives to replant and to restore Grey Mangroves.[5]
See also
References
- ^ List of local Socotran geographical names used in entomological literature, in: Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Published 17.xii.2012 Volume 52 (supplementum 2), pp. 27–67.
- ^ a b John & Valerie Middleton, Karst & Caves on Soqotra Island, in: YRC Journal, Series 13, Issue 7, Summer 2009, pp.35-46.
- ^ Moore, Patrick, 1958, A meteor crater in Socotra: British Astron. Assoc., Jour., v. 68, no. 5, p.195.
- ^ Probability of the Socotra Crater is questionable Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Mangrove replantantion project in Ghubbah Retrieved 21 February 2023.