Socotra Island
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Category Martian Landscapes, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora, Fascinating Fauna
The island of Socotra is part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is so isolated that a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. Notable are the dragon's blood trees that look like flying saucers perched on trunks. Adenium socotranum are trees that look like elephants' legs with pink flowers on top. Birds such as the Socotra starling, Socotra sunbird, and Socotra grosbeak are found nowhere else on Earth. Bats are the island's only native mammal.
There are almost no roads on the island, which is also home to a collection of caves and a number of shipwrecks.
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- Address 12°29?20.97?N 53°54?25.73?E, Indian Ocean, Socotra, Yemen
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Anonymous
December 31, 2009
gulf of eden, you mean aden? -
Anonymous
November 27, 2009
lol anon from oct 19, only an american would ask something like that (i'm american too but wouldn't say that).
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Anonymous
October 14, 2009
can anyone give a close pronounciation of the name Socotra in american english?
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Anonymous
July 5, 2009
Yes, the island of Socotra is off the horn of Africa on the east coast on the southern side of the Gulf of Eden. It is part of Yemen.
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Anonymous
June 23, 2009
The map points to somewhere in the Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean, instead of the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. I think the coordinates are set al 0º 0º, in fact.
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Anonymous
June 22, 2009
The Dorstenia gigas tree looks like its from outer space.
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