![Gulf of Zula](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Gulf_of_Zula.GIF)
The Buri Peninsula extends from central
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
north into the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
.
Geography
The Buri Peninsula is an area of land in the
Ghela'elo Subregion of Eritrea, that juts out into the Red Sea. To its west lies the
Gulf of Zula
The Gulf of Zula, also known as Annesley Bay, Baia di Arafali or Zula Bahir Selat’ē, is a body of water on the Eritrean coastline on the Red Sea.
Geography
The Gulf lies to the east of Massawa, near the midpoint of the Eritrean coast. It is ...
, also known as Annesley Bay, with the village of
Arafali at its head. To the north of the peninsula is the Massawa Channel and a group of islands, the
Dahlak Archipelago, the largest and closest to the mainland being
Dahlak Kebir
Dahlak Kebir ( ar, دهلك كبير, it, Grande Dahlac) is the largest island of the Dahlak Archipelago. Situated in the Red Sea off of the coast of Eritrea, it was formerly called ''Dahlak Deset''.
Overview
Dahlak Kebir has a population of ...
. To the east of the peninsula lies
Howakil Bay, a broad bay, scattered with islands, the largest of which is
Howakil Island, and to the south lies a ridge of low hills.
The peninsula is generally low and undulating, composed of lava flows at the southern end and granite at the north. It is about long and wide, with a constriction wide in the middle.
Further inland to the south are volcanic hills, some conical and others located on ridges, with small sandy plains between them. The highest mountains on the peninsula is
Mount Abdur
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
near the west coast and
Mount Dureli near the tip. There is a large salt-water lagoon near the middle. Much of the coast is fringed with reefs.
[
The western side of the peninsula is sandy with low hills in places. After the fishing village of Irafale, is a broad bay with black volcanic sand. The road crosses the peninsula beyond this point before continuing eastwards to ]Ghela'elo
Galaalu is a town in coastal Eritrea. It is located in the Northern Red Sea region, and is the capital of the Ghela'elo district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Ac ...
, the capital of the Ghela'elo Subregion.
Wildlife
Varied in geography
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...
, it features mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evoluti ...
s and salt pans. It is known for its wildlife
Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...
, including ostrich
Ostriches are large flightless birds of the genus ''Struthio'' in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, and kiwis. There are ...
es, hamadryas baboon
The hamadryas baboon (''Papio hamadryas'' ) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula. These re ...
s and wild ass The wild asses (''Asinus'') are a subgenus of single toed grazing ungulates. Its species are:
*African wild ass ''Equus africanus''
**Nubian wild ass ''Equus africanus africanus'' (likely ancestor of the domestic donkey)
**Somali wild ass ''Equus a ...
es.[ Stone tools were discovered within uplifted marine terraces near the small village of Abdur on the east coast of the peninsula.]
References
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Northern Red Sea Region
Peninsulas of Eritrea
Landforms of the Red Sea