Siyyan Himar
Siyyan Himar or Rocher Moulhele is a pair of small islands, about 100 m apart and rising only 1.8 m above sea level, located about 3.8 km off the coast of Djibouti and 4.4 km northeast of the Siyyan peninsula, in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.- Type: Reef
- Description: reef in Djibouti
- Also known as: “Récif Mouleleh”, “Siyyân H̱imâr”, and “Siyyân H̱mâr”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ras Siyyan and Fagal.
Ras Siyyan
Locality
Ras Siyyan or Ras Siyan is a peninsula in the Obock Region of Djibouti, on the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, about 20 km southwest of Perim Island. The peninsula consists of a reddish volcanic hill about 1.2 by 0.5 km and 138 m high, connected towards to the mainland by a low sandy strip that stretches south by about 5 km while widening from 500 to 800 m. Ras Siyyan is situated 5 km southeast of Siyyan Himar.
Fagal
Village
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Siyyan Himar
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Obock Region, Djibouti, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.51889° or 12° 31′ 8″ north
Longitude
43.29823° or 43° 17′ 54″ east
Open location code
7H45G79X+H7
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Siyyan Himar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيان هيمار”
- Bengali: “সিয়ান হিমার”
- Cebuano: “Siyyân H̱imâr”
- Croatian: “Siyyan Himar”
- Dutch: “Siyyan Himar”
- Portuguese: “Siyyan Himar”
- Swedish: “Siyyan Himar”
Localities in the Area
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