Jabal al-Tair Island

Jabal at-Tair
Landsat 7 image of the island
Highest point
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Coordinates	15°32′25″N 41°50′02″E / 15.540299°N 41.833826°E / 15.540299; 41.833826
Naming
English translation	Bird Mountain
Language of name	Arabic
Pronunciation	Arabic: [dʒæbæl ɑtˤːɑir]
Geography
Location	Yemen (Red Sea island)
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Great Rift Valley
Last eruption	2007 to 2008

Jabal al-Tair Island (or Jebel Teir, Jabal al-Tayr, Tair Island, Al-Tair Island, Jazirat at-Tair) (Arabic: جزيرة جبل الطير Jazīrat Jabal aṭ-Ṭayr, 'Bird Mountain Island') is a roughly oval volcanic island in Yemen, northwest of the constricted Bab al-Mandab passage at the mouth of the Red Sea, about halfway between mainland Yemen and Eritrea. From 1996 until an eruption in 2007, Yemen maintained two watchtowers and a small military base on the island.

After 124 years of dormancy, the volcano that created the island erupted on 30 September 2007.