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Shumma (also spelled Sciumma; also known as Asarka [also spelled Assarca, Ascarè, Assarka]) is an island in the Dahlak Archipelago, in Eritrea.
In 1995 divers discovered an ancient shipwreck containing wine amphorae dating to the 5th-8th centuries AD, and appearing to be of Elephantine (Egypt) and Aksumite (Ethiopia) origin. See ina.tamu.edu/blackassarca/BA95surveyreport.htm . This is the earliest known shipwreck in the southern Red Sea.
In 1995 divers discovered an ancient shipwreck containing wine amphorae dating to the 5th-8th centuries AD, and appearing to be of Elephantine (Egypt) and Aksumite (Ethiopia) origin. See ina.tamu.edu/blackassarca/BA95surveyreport.htm . This is the earliest known shipwreck in the southern Red Sea.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°32'22"N 39°59'47"E
- Hawakil 45 km
- Beka'e 61 km
- Nora 64 km
- Naheleg 74 km
- Harat 92 km
- Jazīrat Antūfīsh 256 km
- Kamaran Island 272 km
- Zuqar Island Republic of Yemen 331 km
- Great Hanish Island (Hanish al Kabir), Yemen 348 km
- Sawabi Islands / Seven Brothers 494 km
- Гавань Смит 0.7 km
- Buri Penninsula 18 km
- Dahlak Archipelago 33 km
- Gulf of Zula 41 km
- Gedem naval base? 52 km
- Wia 56 km
- WI'A GENERAL AREA 58 km
- Salt Mines 59 km
- Seawater Farms Eritrea 61 km
- Massawa International Airport (مطار مصوع الدولي) 69 km