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Telegraph Island
Telegraph Island (also known as ar, جزيرة تليغراف, ''Jazīrat al Maqlab'', and ''Şaghīr'') is located in the Elphinstone Inlet or Khor Ash Sham, the inner inlet of Khasab Bay, less than 400 meters off the shore of the Musandam Governorate, Musandam Peninsula, and less than 500 meters south of much larger but also much lesser known Sham Island, both of which are parts of the Sultanate of Oman. It is 160 meters long, and up to 90 meters wide, yielding an area of 1.1 hectares. The name as "Telegraph" comes from the telegraph-cable repeater station built on the island in 1864. The inlet at the island is a fjord surrounded by high mountains, with notable geology in the rock strata which dip downwards under the immense pressures caused by the Arabian plate, Arabian tectonic plate meeting (and subduction, subducting beneath) the Eurasian plate. In the 19th century, it was the location of a British repeater station used to boost Telegraphy, telegraphic messages along the ''Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph Island
Telegraph Island (also known as ar, جزيرة تليغراف, ''Jazīrat al Maqlab'', and ''Şaghīr'') is located in the Elphinstone Inlet or Khor Ash Sham, the inner inlet of Khasab Bay, less than 400 meters off the shore of the Musandam Governorate, Musandam Peninsula, and less than 500 meters south of much larger but also much lesser known Sham Island, both of which are parts of the Sultanate of Oman. It is 160 meters long, and up to 90 meters wide, yielding an area of 1.1 hectares. The name as "Telegraph" comes from the telegraph-cable repeater station built on the island in 1864. The inlet at the island is a fjord surrounded by high mountains, with notable geology in the rock strata which dip downwards under the immense pressures caused by the Arabian plate, Arabian tectonic plate meeting (and subduction, subducting beneath) the Eurasian plate. In the 19th century, it was the location of a British repeater station used to boost Telegraphy, telegraphic messages along the ''Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
