PICTURES: Suakin from the air

Been collecting these for a while, and wanted to share them with you. A selection of items found on the internet, to show you about the building structures on Suakin, from the early 1900s onwards. All photos will enlarge when you click on them.

Location of Suakin, south of Port Sudan   (1958)

Select NE-37-1 Port Sudan [4.2 megs]

Location of Suakin, south of Port Sudan   (1958)

 

Suakin 1981. looking northwest. Photo by Daniel Seerberger.

Suakin close-up 1981. looking southwest. Photo by Daniel Seerberger.

 Suakin looking northwest. Photo by pomkomGRB

Local fishing boats on the island south of the causeway. Photo by pomkomGRB

Looking east toward shipping channel from minaret?.
Article and photos about restoration of Suakin at International Business Times. October 2011.

Looking southwest from the minaret? on the island. 

Article and photos about restoration of Suakin at International Business Times. October 2011.

Looking east from mainland to the channel to the Red Sea.
Source unknown. Date 1930? WWII-1942?

Looking west. Photo by Colonel Hubbert. August 17, 1930. [More info]

Aerial photo uploaded at Beja Tribes of East Sudan. No date. 1930?

Undated, found at the rich photo site Skyscraper City.
Looking southeast - Red Sea in distance.

Modern satellite view, from google maps. May 2012. Large 1 megabyte file.

The Cousteau ship Alcyone picks her way through treacherous reefs to the abandoned port of Suakin, a city built of the same coral that guards her entrance. Uploaded August 2008. Aerial photo looks old, from an earlier era.

Movie made by a tourist. Includes historic illustrations. Uploaded January 2011.

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Discussion in Arabic about Suakin.

Photos of buildings in Suakin. [in English at Skyscraper City.]

Website about Suakin, showing black and white photos of buildings and giving a very short history of the place. Exciting!