For other islands called Saint John's Island, see St. John's Island (disambiguation).
Zabargad Island, Egypt.
Zabargad Island (Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الزبرجدGeziret El Zabargad, also known as St. John's Island in English) is the largest of a group of islands in Foul Bay, Egypt. It covers an area of 4.50 square kilometres (1.74 square miles). It is not a quaternary volcanic island, but rather is believed to be an upthrusted part of upper mantle material. The nearest island is known as "Rocky Island". The island is slightly north of the Tropic of Cancer, and its highest point is 235 metres (771 feet).
ZabargadIsland (Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الزبرجد Geziret El Zabargad, also known as St. John's Island in English) is the largest of a group of islands...
Zabara and Wadi Sikait in the adjacent mountains, and the island of Ophiodes (now ZabargadIsland) in the mouth of Berenice's harbor, were rich sources of...
on the barren, forbidden island of Ophiodes (Ὀφιώδηςνήσος, "Snakey") or Topazios (Τοπάζιος, "Topaz"), modern ZabargadIsland, off the ancient Red Sea...
gem-quality olivine has been obtained from a body of mantle rocks on ZabargadIsland in the Red Sea. Olivine occurs in both mafic and ultramafic igneous...
Zabargad or Emerald Island because of ancient peridot mines Ireland, so referred to in the poem When Erin First Rose by William Drennan Kodiak Island...
the Egyptian coast a particular danger spot was ZabargadIsland (also known as St John's or Emerald Island because of ancient peridot mines); Palinurus was...
in the ancient world was found primarily on Topazos Island as well as on St. John's Island (Zabargad) in the Egyptian Red Sea. The word pit'dah is thought...
the Red Sea Rift: Uplifted gabbro/gneiss crustal complexes on Zabargad and Brothers Islands". Journal of Geophysical Research. 92 (B12): 12803–12821. doi:10...
Global Information