Ghubbah (Socotra)

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]

Ghubbah
Town
Ghubbah is located in Yemen
Ghubbah
Ghubbah
Coordinates: 12°36′27″N 53°47′04″E
Country Yemen
GovernorateSocotra Governorate
IslandSocotra
DistrictHidaybu District
Time zoneUTC+03:00 (Asia)
Sink hole with salt evaporation pans

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
  1. 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.
  2. John & Valerie Middleton, Karst & Caves on Soqotra Island, in: YRC Journal, Series 13, Issue 7, Summer 2009, pp.35-46.
  3. Moore, Patrick, 1958, A meteor crater in Socotra: British Astron. Assoc., Jour., v. 68, no. 5, p.195.
  4. Probability of the Socotra Crater is questionable Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. Mangrove replantantion project in Ghubbah Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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