The Socotra Archipelago, officially the Socotra Archipelago Governorate and commonly abbreviated to Socotra Governorate, is one of the governorates of Yemen. It consists of four larger islands and three small islets in the Indian Ocean, south of mainland Yemen and east of the Horn of Africa, with Socotra itself as the largest island in the group. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Socotra Archipelago
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1. Wikidata: Socotra Archipelago
- Wikidata Q2860218, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P1435 heritage-designation or P3425 Natura 2000 claim on the formation's own item (w-bbfill-earth2-0926)
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The Socotra Archipelago (Arabic: أرخبيل سقطرى, romanized: ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā), officially the Socotra Archipelago Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā), abbreviated to Socotra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة سقطرى, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Suquṭrā), is one of the governorates of Yemen.
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