World's Most Amazing Island

SOCOTRA OR SOQOTRA

Socotra also spelled Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean.The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through the process of speciation, a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien looking place on Earth. 

The island measures 132 kilometres (82 mi) in length and 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) in width.
Socotra is part of the Republic of Yemen. It had long been a part of the 'Adan Governorate. In 2004, it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is much closer to the island than 'Aden 

Socotra is one of those “lost world” islands (separated from the world six million years ago. 
It’s the world’s tenth richest island for endemic plant species. And the biggest island in the Middle East. It has isolated nature preserves including 900 species of plants, and the famous Dragon’s Blood Tree “dracaena cinnabara” and the some of rarest birds that exist nowhere else in the world.