Ras Siyyan
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: Peninsula in Obock Region, Djibouti
- Also known as: “Cape Si-Ane”, “Deire”, “Ras Séjarn”, “Ras Si Ane”, “Ras Sivan”, “Ras Siyan”, “Ras Siyyân”, “Ras Siyyan رأس سيان”, “Rocher Ras Si Ane”, “Rocher Ras Siyyan”, and “Siyyan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fagal and Khôr ʽAngar.
Fagal
Village
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Fagal is a coastal location in eastern Djibouti. It lies north of Obock. It lies along the N15 road, connected to the Eritrean border at Rahayta to the north. Fagal is situated 3 km southwest of Ras Siyyan.
Khôr ʽAngar
Village
Photo: Skilla1st, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khôr ʽAngar is a town in the northern Obock Region of Djibouti, situated on the west coast of the Bab el Mandeb Strait. The town is served by Herkale Airport, a desert airstrip 7 kilometres northwest. Khôr ʽAngar is situated 10 km south of Ras Siyyan.
Ras Siyyan
- Categories: peninsula and cape
- Location: Obock Region, Djibouti, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.47541° or 12° 28′ 32″ northLongitude
43.31878° or 43° 19′ 8″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
7H45F8G9+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3431594761OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
220868Wikidata ID
Q7294675
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ras Siyyan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس سيان”
- Arabic: “رأس سيان”
- Arabic: “سيان”
- Cebuano: “Siyyân”
- Croatian: “Ras Siyyan”
- Dutch: “Ras Siyyan”
- German: “Ra’s Siyyān”
- Hebrew: “ראס סיאן”
- Portuguese: “Ras Siyyan”
- Swedish: “Siyyân”
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