{"id":130422,"date":"2026-10-24T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130422"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:25:06","slug":"zuqar-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zuqar-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuqar Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Zuqar Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels recently claimed they are attempting to rescue a boat carrying 14 Indian nationals near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea, alleging that it was targeted by Saudi Arabia. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Zuqar Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Yemeni island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>southern Red Sea,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forming part of the <\/span><b>Hanish Islands archipelago.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is approximately 130 sq.km.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies <\/span><b>between <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>coasts of mainland Yemen and Eritrea, near the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite its proximity to the African continent, the island is considered a <\/span><b>part of Asia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because it <\/span><b>sits on the Asian continental shelf.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has strategic importance because of its<\/span><b> location along <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of the <\/span><b>world\u2019s key maritime routes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eritrea captured the island in 1995 after battling Yemeni forces. An international court in 1998 placed the island formally into Yemen\u2019s custody.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island consists of a <\/span><b>shield volcano overlain by basaltic pyroclastic cones and spatter cones,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which produce <\/span><b>youthful-looking pahoehoe lava flows.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several small <\/span><b>coastal cones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>islets surrounding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zuqar Island were formed by phreatic eruptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What are Pahoehoe Lava Flows?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pahoehoe is a type of <\/span><b>basaltic lava<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> characterized by a <\/span><b>smooth, often shiny, and billowy surface.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>highly fluid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lava <\/span><b>spreads in thin sheets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>forms ropy folds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as it continues to <\/span><b>flow beneath a hardening crust.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>surface <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of pahoehoe lava flows can <\/span><b>appear gently undulating or broadly hummocky, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>liquid lava beneath<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the surface <\/span><b>wrinkling it into tapestry-like folds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>resemble twisted rope.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These flows are typically fed internally by streams of liquid lava.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/houthis-claim-saudi-arabia-targeted-boat-carrying-14-indians-launch-rescue-ops\/articleshow\/135115900.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zuqar Island is a Yemeni island in the southern Red Sea, forming part of the Hanish Islands archipelago. 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