Socotra
Isolated continental-fragment island in the Indian Ocean, split off during Gulf of Aden rifting; famous for the umbrella-shaped Dragon's Blood Tree found nowhere else.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 20,000,000 years ago speculative
Socotra detaches from the Arabian mainland during Miocene rifting that opened the Gulf of Aden; the epoch spans roughly 23-5 million years ago and no more precise date is commonly cited source - 50 BCE mainstream
sailors visiting Hoq Cave leave inscriptions, the earliest datable human presence on record (1st century BC - 6th century AD) source
Where
12.5100° N, 53.9200° E
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/socotra-the-island-that-shouldnt-exist
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