Aibat

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Aibat island
Ceebaad island, Zeila Archipelago.jpg
Aibat island is located in Awdal
Aibat island
Aibat island
Geography
LocationSomaliland
CoordinatesFrom 11°30′11″N 43°27′27″E / 11.503°N 43.4575°E / 11.503; 43.4575 to 11°21′N 43°28′E / 11.350°N 43.467°E / 11.350; 43.467
ArchipelagoZeila Archipelago
Administration
Demographics
Ethnic groupsUninhabited [1]

Aibat (Somali: Ceebaad) is the second-largest of the six islands of the Zeila Archipelago. It has a lighthouse.[2] It is a low and sandy island, with bushes, that is around 1.75 miles in length and around 0.55 miles in breadth. It is mostly surrounded by a reef.[3]

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  1. ^ [Philip Briggs https://books.google.com/books?id=M6NI2FejIuwC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=Sa%27ad+ad-Din+Islands&source=bl&ots=pcZDCLGxdj&sig=1XbocDUyly-3A_sHByX9VUp_DbU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSlfPE7ZfOAhUS8mMKHXI0ACwQ6AEIXTAM#v=onepage&q=Sa'ad%20ad-Din%20Islands&f=false "Somaliland: With Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia"] "Brandt Guides". Retrieved Jul 29, 2016.
  2. ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2007). Sailing Directions - Enroute. ProStar Publications. p. 176. ISBN 9781577857600.
  3. ^ Great Britain. Hydrographic Department (1892). The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot: Containing Descriptions of the Suez Canal, the Gulfs of Suez and Akaba, the Red Sea and Straight [sic] of Bab-el-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden with Sokotra and Adjacent Islands, and Part of the Eastern Coast of Arabia. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty. p. 405.

Coordinates: 11°30′07″N 43°27′25″E / 11.502°N 43.457°E / 11.502; 43.457


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