Hanish Islands

Hanish Islands
Arabic: جزر حنيش
Tigrinya: ደሴታት ሃኒሽ
Location of the islands between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.
Geography
LocationRed Sea
Coordinates13°45′N 42°45′E / 13.750°N 42.750°E / 13.750; 42.750
Adjacent toBab-el-Mandeb
Major islandsZuqar Island
Little Hanish
Great Hanish
Suyūl Hanish
Highest elevation2,047 ft (623.9 m)
Highest pointJabal Zuqar, Zuqar Island[1]
Administration
GovernorateAl Hudaydah
Additional information
Time zone

The Hanish Islands (Arabic: جزر حنيش, Tigrinya: ደሴታት ሃኒሽ) is an archipelago in the Red Sea consisting of a trio of major islands at the centre of an array of smaller islets and rocks.[1] The three major islands are the northern Zuqar Island, the southern Great Anish (Al-anīsh al-Kabīr), and the significantly smaller Little Anish (Al-anīsh al-Ṣaghīr) in between. The archipelago is largely under the control of Yemen, with only several small south-western rocks and islets granted to Eritrea following the Hanish Islands conflict in 1994-1995.

  1. ^ a b "Ḥanīsh Islands | islands, Red Sea | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.

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