Jabal al-Tair Island

Jabal al-Tair Island is a roughly oval volcanic island in , northwest of the constricted Bab al-Mandab passage at the mouth of the Red Sea, about halfway between mainland Yemen and .
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 204 metres (669 feet)
  • Description: volcano island in Red Sea
  • Also known as
    “Al-Tair Island”
    “Bird Island”
    “Djabal al-Tayr”
    “Gebel Teir Island”
    “Isola Gebel Teir”
    “Isola Gebel Tier”
    “Jabal at Tayr”
    “Jazirat at-Tair”
    “Jebel at Tāir”
    “Tair Island”

Jabal al-Tair Island

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Latitude
15.54086° or 15° 32′ 27″ north
Longitude
41.83352° or 41° 50′ 1″ east
Open location code
7H73GRRM+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jabal al-Tair Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل الطير”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة جبل الطير”
  • Asturian: “Jabal al-Tair Island”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cəbəl-ət-Tair”
  • Basque: “Jabal al-Tair”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal aţ Ţayr”
  • Chinese: “傑貝爾·阿爾泰爾島”
  • Chinese: “杰贝尔·阿尔泰尔岛”
  • Czech: “Džabal at-Tajr”
  • Czech: “Džazíra Džabal at-Tajr”
  • Czech: “Džebel el-Tejral”
  • Czech: “جبل الطير‎‎”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al-Tair eiland”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al-Tair-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al-Tair”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al-Tayr eiland”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al-Tayr-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al-Tayr”
  • Dutch: “Saiban”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الطير (اليمن)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الطير”
  • French: “Djebel Cabret”
  • French: “Djebel Khebrit”
  • French: “Djebel Sebain”
  • French: “Djebel Sziwan”
  • French: “Djebel Tar”
  • French: “Djebel Tayir”
  • French: “Djebel Teer”
  • French: “Djebel Teir”
  • French: “Djébel Teir”
  • French: “Djebel Ter”
  • French: “Djebel Tir”
  • French: “Jabal al Tair”
  • French: “Jabal al Tayr”
  • French: “Jabal at-Tair”
  • French: “Jebel Duchan”
  • German: “Dschabal el Tair”
  • German: “Dschasirat Dschabal at-Tair”
  • German: “Dschasirt Atta Ir”
  • German: “Dschazirat Dschabal at-Tair”
  • German: “Jazirat at Ta’ir”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל א-טייר”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל אל תעיר”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל אל-תעיר”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau gunung al-Tair”
  • Italian: “Isola di Jabal al-Tair”
  • Japanese: “ジャバル・アルタイール島”
  • Lithuanian: “Džabal al Tairas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jabal al-Tair”
  • Persian: “جزیره جبل الطیر”
  • Russian: “Джебель ат-Тайр”
  • Russian: “Джебель-эт-Таир”
  • Slovak: “Džabal at-Tajr”
  • Spanish: “Isla Jabal al Tair”
  • Spanish: “Isla Jabal al-Tair”
  • Swedish: “Jabal al Tair”
  • Swedish: “Jabal al-Tair”
  • Swedish: “Jabal al-Tayr”
  • Swedish: “Jebel Teir”
  • Ukrainian: “Джабал аль-Таїр”
  • Vietnamese: “Jabal al-Tair”

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