Emba Soira

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| name = Emba Soira

| other_name = እምባ ሶይራ

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| elevation_m = 3018

| elevation_ref = [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=11114 "Soira, Eritrea" on Peakbagger.com] Retrieved 28 September 2011

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| range = Eritrean Highlands

| listing = Country high point

| location = Debub Region, Eritrea

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| map_size = 250

| label_position = left

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Emba Soira (also transliterated Soyra or Golo) is the highest mountain in Eritrea. Rising {{convert|3018|m|ft|0}} above sea level, it is part of the Eritrean Highlands, one side of the Great Rift Valley which cuts through Eritrea and joins the Red Sea. The mountain is situated in the southeastern part of the Debub (Southern) administrative region in central Eritrea.

The people of Emba Soira are of the saho tribe specifically the gaaso clan which include Shum Abdallah Gaysha,

hassan Gaysha, Yofiz Gaysha,Sileyan Gaysha and Shum Ahmad Gaysha of the Minifere clan. theirs also the Debri-mela clan and the Gadafur clan.

Israeli military listening post

In mid-2016, press messages based on information from the Eritrean opposition suggested that Israel had completed the construction of a military listening post on the Emba Soira to monitor the movement of the Arab coalition involved in the war in Yemen and to eavesdrop on Iran. The installation would also be aimed at observing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the movement of commercial shipping in the southern Red Sea.[https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160620-israel-completes-construction-of-listening-post-in-eritrea/ Israel completes construction of listening post in Eritrea], Middle East Monitor, 20 June 2016. Accessed on 13 March 2017. In an official press release, the Eritrean Ministry of Information has vehemently denied the existence of this installation, calling it "ludicrous disinformation", "deliberately planted by certain countries and agencies to serve ulterior agendas".[https://www.tesfanews.net/eritrea-worn-disinformation-phantom-israeli-bases/ Eritrea: Worn-out Disinformation on Phantom Israeli Bases], Tesfanews, 21 June 2016. Accessed on 13 March 2017.

The first indication that the listening post was established came in a report from the American geopolitical intelligence platform, Stratfor which said in December 2012 that both Israel and Iran had bases in Eritrea.[https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/eritrea-another-venue-iran-israel-rivalry] Stratfor, 11 December 2012. Accessed on 1 October 2017. The report said: "According to Stratfor diplomatic and media sources, Israel has small naval teams in the Dahlak archipelago and Massawa and a listening post in Amba Soira. Israel's presence in Eritrea is very focused and precise, involving intelligence gathering in the Red Sea and monitoring Iran's activities. Various Stratfor diplomatic sources have said that Israel's presence in Eritrea is small but significant."

Climate

{{Weather box

|metric first=yes

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|location = Emba Soira

|Jan high F = 39.2

|Feb high F = 39.9

|Mar high F = 44.2

|Apr high F = 48.0

|May high F = 53.2

|Jun high F = 58.4

|Jul high F = 59.4

|Aug high F = 58.5

|Sep high F = 55.3

|Oct high F = 51.1

|Nov high F = 46.6

|Dec high F = 41.9

|Jan low F = 25.8

|Feb low F = 26.4

|Mar low F = 28.2

|Apr low F = 31.2

|May low F = 34.3

|Jun low F = 38.3

|Jul low F = 41.9

|Aug low F = 41.5

|Sep low F = 37.9

|Oct low F = 33.9

|Nov low F = 29.8

|Dec low F = 27.5

|source 1 = Climate Data

|date=December 2018}}

References

Category: Mountains of Eritrea

Category: Highest points of countries