Seven Brothers Islands

The Seven Brothers Islands, also known as the Sawabi Islands or Seba Islands, is an archipelago in the Dact-el-Mayun section of the strait.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: archipelago in the Dact-el-Mayun section of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait
  • Also known as: Djeziret Seba”, “Djeziret Sowabih”, “Île Somabih”, “Îles Seba”, “Jazā’ir Seba”, “Jezirat Seba”, “Les Freres”, “Les Sept Frères”, “Saouabiâ”, “Sawâbi‘”, “Sawabi`”, “Seven Brothers”, “Soivabih Island”, and “The Brothers

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaḏḏa Dâbali.

Islet
Island, often called Big Island, is an uninhabited rocky island off the coast of of in the strait. It is the largest one of the Seven Brothers Islands.

Seven Brothers Islands

Latitude
12.4635° or 12° 27′ 49″ north
Longitude
43.41094° or 43° 24′ 39″ east
Open location code
7H45FC76+99
Geo­Names ID
220936
Wiki­data ID
Q1387897
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Seven Brothers Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزر السوابع
  • Basque: Sawabi uharteak
  • Cebuano: Sawâbi‘
  • Dutch: Sawabi-eilanden
  • Esperanto: Sep Fratoj
  • French: îles des Sept Frères
  • French: Îles des Sept Frères
  • Georgian: შვიდი ძმის კუნძულები
  • German: Sawabi-Inseln
  • German: Sawabi
  • Hebrew: איי סבה
  • Hebrew: איי סבוואן
  • Hebrew: איי שבעת האחים
  • Macedonian: Седум Браќа
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Sawabi
  • Russian: Себа (острова)
  • Russian: Себа
  • Spanish: Islas Sawabi
  • Spanish: Sawabi
  • Swedish: Sawâbi‘
  • Vietnamese: Sawabi

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