Darsah ( ar, درسة) is an uninhabited island in the

Guardafui Channel The Guardafui Channel ( so, Marinka Gardafuul) is an oceanic strait off the tip of the Horn of Africa that lies between the Puntland region of Somalia and Socotra to the west of the Arabian Sea. It connects the Gulf of Aden to the north with the ...

. It is part of the Socotra Archipelago of

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and s ...

. Darsah and neighboring

Samhah Samhah or Samha ( ar, سمحة) is an inhabited island in the Guardafui Channel. A part of the Socotra archipelago, it is located between the island of Socotra and Somalia. Like the whole group, it belongs to Yemen and is part of Socotra Governora ...

( to the west) are collectively known as "Al Akhawain" ( ar, الأخوين) which means "The Brothers". There is a dispute between Yemen and Somalia's government over the island's sovereignty.

Important Bird Area

The island has been recognised as an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Inte ...

(IBA) by

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because it supports breeding

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red-billed tropicbird The red-billed tropicbird (''Phaethon aethereus'') is a tropicbird, one of three closely related species of seabird of tropical oceans. Superficially resembling a tern in appearance, it has mostly white plumage with some black markings on the ...

s and brown boobies. Topographic map of Socotra-en

References

Uninhabited islands of Yemen Socotra archipelago Islands of Somalia Disputed islands Territorial disputes of Yemen Territorial disputes of Somalia Important Bird Areas of Socotra Seabird colonies {{Yemen-geo-stub