So let’s head for the Southern shore of the Island of Socotra, in the indian Ocean at the mouth of Gulf of Aden :
12°21’1.10″N, 53°44’22.68″E
As a geologist, I must point out the very nice orphology associated to horizontal stratas (of Cenozoic mimestones), the cliff to the south corresponding most likely to a fault (I think I can see some left-lateral offsets in rivers, although the fault is mostly a normal fault, part of a system of tilted blocks on a passive margin — actually, the island is a reference site for the study of rifting/ocean trainsition)
Socotra Yemen. 12.35 N, 53.73 E
Part of Socotra near Gishub.
12°21’6.63″ N
53°43’39.38″ E
Socotra Yemen
Socota, near south coast, nature sanctuary.
Hello
Socotra Island, Yemen
12°21’20.1″N 53°43’57.5″E
Socotra Island (Yemen)
Socotra Island Natural Sanctuary
12.338379, 53.741007
Dragon’s blood tree, eh ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_cinnabari
So let’s head for the Southern shore of the Island of Socotra, in the indian Ocean at the mouth of Gulf of Aden :
12°21’1.10″N, 53°44’22.68″E
As a geologist, I must point out the very nice orphology associated to horizontal stratas (of Cenozoic mimestones), the cliff to the south corresponding most likely to a fault (I think I can see some left-lateral offsets in rivers, although the fault is mostly a normal fault, part of a system of tilted blocks on a passive margin — actually, the island is a reference site for the study of rifting/ocean trainsition)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006GC001526/full
(above link behind a paywall unless you’re an academic user, sorry)
Socotra Island, Yemen
Southeast Socotra
Southwest Socotra! I am directionally challenged apparently.
Socotra Island, Yemen
12°20’51.48″N 53°44’24.06″E
Socotra – 12° 30′ 36″ N, 53° 55′ 12″ E
Won’t be going there in a hurry, methinks. It doesn’t look very hospitable.