Perim

Perim, also called Mayyun in Arabic, is a volcanic island in the at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: Barīm”, “Jazīrat Mayyūn”, “Jazīrat Miyūn”, “Maymūn”, “Mayun”, “Mayūn”, “Mayyūn”, “Meyún”, and “Perim Island

Perim

Latitude
12.65692° or 12° 39′ 25″ north
Longitude
43.42013° or 43° 25′ 13″ east
Population
221
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
United Nations Location Code
YE PRM
Open location code
7H45MC4C+Q3
Geo­Names ID
77111
Wiki­data ID
Q1160017
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Perim” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Perim
  • Arabic: بريم
  • Arabic: جزيرة البرم
  • Arabic: جزيرة ميون
  • Arabic: جزيره بريم
  • Arabic: ميون
  • Azerbaijani: Perim adası
  • Belarusian: Перым
  • Bulgarian: Перим
  • Catalan: Mayyun
  • Catalan: Perim
  • Cebuano: Perim Island
  • Chinese: 丕林岛
  • Chinese: 丕林島
  • Croatian: Perim
  • Czech: Perim
  • Dutch: Perim
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره ميون
  • Esperanto: Perim
  • Finnish: Perim
  • French: Barim
  • French: Barīm
  • French: Mayyun
  • French: Meyo
  • French: Perim
  • French: Périm
  • French: بريم
  • German: Perim
  • Hebrew: פרים
  • Indonesian: Perim
  • Irish: Perim
  • Italian: Perim
  • Japanese: ペリム島
  • Korean: 페림섬
  • Lithuanian: Perimas
  • Malay: Perim
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Perim
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Perim
  • Norwegian: Perim
  • Persian: جزیره پریم
  • Polish: Barim
  • Polish: Perim
  • Portuguese: Perim
  • Russian: Перим
  • Serbian: Perim
  • Serbian: Перим
  • Spanish: Perim
  • Swedish: Barim
  • Swedish: Mayun
  • Swedish: Mayyun
  • Swedish: Perim
  • Ukrainian: Перім
  • Ukrainian: Пєрім
  • Vietnamese: Perim

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