Abd al Kuri
Native name: عبد الكوري | |
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Photograph by NASA | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Guardafui Channel |
| Coordinates | 12°11′8.9″N 52°14′18″E / 12.185806°N 52.23833°E |
| Archipelago | Socotra Archipelago |
| Area | 133 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Length | 36 km (22.4 mi) |
| Width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Highest point | Mount Ṣāliḥ |
| Administration | |
| Governorate | Socotra Governorate |
| Capital city | Kilmia |
| Demographics | |
| Population | |
Abd al Kuri (Arabic: عبد الكوري) is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. As a part of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate of Yemen, it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the main island of Socotra. Its terrain primarily consists of granite and diorite covered with limestone.
As of 2022, the island's population is unknown, due to reports of United Arab Emirates occupying forces overseeing the expulsion of the island's communities, by gunpoint, in order to establish a UAE military base and airstrip on the landmass.