Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Oman |
Coordinates | 25°29′32″N 56°21′51″E / 25.4922°N 56.3642°E |
Area | 0.7 ha (1.7 acres) |
Length | 100 m (300 ft) |
Width | 70 m (230 ft) |
Highest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
Administration | |
Snoopy Island, [1] also called Snoopy Rock (because of the resemblance to the cartoon character Snoopy lying on his back) is a small rocky island off the northern coast of the Emirate of Fujairah ( United Arab Emirates) on the Gulf of Oman. The Arabic name is derived from the coastal town of Al Aqah (العقة) and is thus Jazirat al-'Aqqa (جزيرة العقة). The common English name is also used in the Arabic spelling, Jazirat Snubi (جزيرة سنوبي). GeoNames has the name Jazīrat al Ghubbah [2] (the Arabic equivalent would be Arabic: جزيرة الغبّة), which is otherwise also rarely used. On the nautical chart there is the entry Jaz al Ghubbah (19), [3] where the number in brackets stands for the altitude in meters.
Media related to Snoopy Island (Fujairah) at Wikimedia Commons
Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Oman |
Coordinates | 25°29′32″N 56°21′51″E / 25.4922°N 56.3642°E |
Area | 0.7 ha (1.7 acres) |
Length | 100 m (300 ft) |
Width | 70 m (230 ft) |
Highest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
Administration | |
Snoopy Island, [1] also called Snoopy Rock (because of the resemblance to the cartoon character Snoopy lying on his back) is a small rocky island off the northern coast of the Emirate of Fujairah ( United Arab Emirates) on the Gulf of Oman. The Arabic name is derived from the coastal town of Al Aqah (العقة) and is thus Jazirat al-'Aqqa (جزيرة العقة). The common English name is also used in the Arabic spelling, Jazirat Snubi (جزيرة سنوبي). GeoNames has the name Jazīrat al Ghubbah [2] (the Arabic equivalent would be Arabic: جزيرة الغبّة), which is otherwise also rarely used. On the nautical chart there is the entry Jaz al Ghubbah (19), [3] where the number in brackets stands for the altitude in meters.
Media related to Snoopy Island (Fujairah) at Wikimedia Commons