Hanish Islands

The Hanish Islands 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. The three major islands are the northern , the southern Great Anish, and the significantly smaller Little Anish in between.
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Hanish Islands

Latitude
13.75° or 13° 45′ north
Longitude
42.75° or 42° 45′ east
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
7H54QQ22+22
Geo­Names ID
75190
Wiki­data ID
Q1417843
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hanish Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ارخبيل جزر حنيش
  • Arabic: جزر حنيش
  • Arabic: جزر حنيش‎
  • Arabic: جزيرة حنيش الكبرى
  • Arabic: حنيش الكبرى
  • Arabic: حنيش
  • Azerbaijani: Haniş arxipelaqı
  • Belarusian: Архіпелаг Ханіш
  • Belarusian: Ханіш
  • Catalan: illes Hanish
  • Catalan: Illes Hanish
  • Cebuano: Ḩanīsh
  • Chinese: 哈尼什群岛
  • Chinese: 哈尼什群島
  • Croatian: Haniš
  • Croatian: Hanish
  • Czech: Haníšské ostrovy
  • Dutch: Hanish Islands
  • Esperanto: Haniŝ-insuloj
  • Finnish: Hanish
  • French: Iles Hanish
  • French: îles Hanish
  • French: Îles Hanish
  • German: Hanisch-Inseln
  • German: Hanish-Inseln
  • Greek: Νήσοι Χάνις
  • Hebrew: איי חניש
  • Hebrew: חניש (ארכיפלג)
  • Hindi: हनीश द्वीपसमूह
  • Hungarian: Hanís-szigetek
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Hanish
  • Italian: Arcipelago Hanish
  • Italian: Hanish
  • Italian: isole Hanish
  • Italian: Isole Hanish
  • Japanese: ハニシュ諸島
  • Lithuanian: Hanišo salos
  • Malay: Kepulauan Hanish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hanish-arkipelet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hanishøyene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hanishøyane
  • Norwegian: Hanishøyene
  • Polish: Hanisz
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Hanish
  • Russian: Ханиш
  • Spanish: Islas de Hanish
  • Spanish: Islas Hanish
  • Turkish: Haniş Adaları
  • Turkish: Hanish adaları
  • Ukrainian: Ханіш

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