East Africa and Middle East, satellite image. North is at top. Somalia takes up most of the peninsula (centre) and extends down the coast to bottom. T

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East Africa and Middle East, satellite image. North is at top. Somalia takes up most of the peninsula (centre) and extends down the coast to bottom. To the left of Somalia is Ethiopia. The land mass at top is Saudi Arabia. Bordering Saudi Arabia, and on the coast above the Somali peninsula, are Yemen (upper centre) and Oman (top right). The stretch of sea between Yemen and Somalia is the Gulf of Aden. The Indian Ocean is at right and bottom right, the Arabian Sea is top right, and the Red Sea is at upper left. Image taken using NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

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