A volcano on a Red Sea island is front and center for today's Geo Quiz. The volcano erupted in the 18th century, the 19th century, and yesterday. It's on an island that is part of the country we're looking for in today's Geo Quiz.
NASA Landsat image showing Jebel al-Tair. This 2-mile wide island is the emergent summit of a stratovolcano that rises from a 1200 m depth in the south-central Red Sea.
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The country is on the Arabian Peninsula at the edge of the Red Sea. As for the island where that volcano erupted it's about 80 miles off the mainland.
And it's called Jabal al-Tair.
“Jabal al-Tair jabal in Arabic means mountain and al Tair is a bird, the mountain of the bird, jabal al-tair.â€
Here's one last clue: The capital of the country were looking for is Sanaa.