Peñón de Alhucemas
The Alhucemas Islands are a group of three islets under Spanish sovereignty located in the Bay of Al Hoceima, in the Alboran Sea. They have historically been classified as "minor places of sovereignty" within the plazas de soberanía.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Spain
- Also known as: “Alhucemas Rock”, “Isla Alhucemas”, and “La Isla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla de Mar and Isla de Tierra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ajdir and Al Hoceima.
Ajdir
Village
Photo: Aghsawi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ajdir is a small town in Morocco near Al Hoceima. It was the capital of the Republic of the Rif from 1922-1926 under the leadership of Abd el-Krim. The town lies in the territory of the Ait Waryagher tribe. Ajdir is situated 3 km southwest of Peñón de Alhucemas.
Al Hoceima
Photo: AJ Bouhaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Hoceima is a city on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains and on the Mediterranean coast. It's a known tourist destination despite its small size.
Imzouren
Town
Photo: Abdelhafid95, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Imzouren is a town in the north of Morocco. It is located near the city of Al Hoceima and now stretches almost to the town of Bni Bouayach. The inhabitants of Imzouren are Riffians. Imzouren is situated 8 km southeast of Peñón de Alhucemas.
Peñón de Alhucemas
- Categories: island, sea fort, coastline, locality, military installation, and landform
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
35.21345° or 35° 12′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.88939° or 3° 53′ 22″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8C7R6476+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 8692684OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Peñón de Alhucemas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة نكور”
- Arabic: “صخرة الحسيمة”
- Arabic: “صخره الحسيمه”
- Aragonese: “Peñón d’Alhucemas”
- Aragonese: “Penyón d’Alhucemas”
- Aragonese: “Penyón dAlhucemas”
- Armenian: “Պենիոն դե Ալուսեմաս”
- Armenian: “Պենյոն դե Ալուսեմաս”
- Asturian: “Peñón d’Alhucemas”
- Asturian: “Peñón dAlhucemas”
- Basque: “Alhucemas haitza”
- Basque: “Alhucemetako haitza”
- Basque: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Пеньён-дэ-Алусемас”
- Belarusian: “Пеньён-дэ-Алусемас”
- Belarusian: “Пэньён”
- Bulgarian: “Алхусемас”
- Bulgarian: “Пеньон де Алхусемас”
- Catalan: “penyal d’Alhucemas”
- Catalan: “Penyal d’Alhucemas”
- Catalan: “Penyal dAlhucemas”
- Cebuano: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Chinese: “胡塞马群岛”
- Chinese: “阿尔胡塞马斯岩”
- Dutch: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Dutch: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Esperanto: “Roko Alhucemas”
- Estonian: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Estonian: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Finnish: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Finnish: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- French: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- French: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- French: “rocher d’Alhucemas”
- Galician: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- German: “Alhucemas-Felsen”
- German: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- German: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Greek: “Ροκ Αλχουσεμάς”
- Indonesian: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Interlingua: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Italian: “Alhucemas”
- Italian: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Italian: “Roccia di Alhucemas”
- Japanese: “アルセマス島”
- Japanese: “ペニョン・デ・アルセマス”
- Japanese: “ペニョン・デ・アルセマス島”
- Kazakh: “Penʹon-de-Alwsemas”
- Kazakh: “Пеньон-де-Алусемас”
- Kazakh: “پەنون-دە-الۋسەماس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Norwegian: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Polish: “Isla de Mar”
- Polish: “Isla de Tierra”
- Polish: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Polish: “Skała Alhucemas”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéu de Alhucemas”
- Portuguese: “Ilhote de Alhucemas”
- Portuguese: “Ilhote de Alucemas”
- Portuguese: “Rocha de Alhucemas”
- Romanian: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Russian: “Алусемас”
- Russian: “Пеньон-де-Алусемас”
- Serbian: “Penjon de Alusemas”
- Serbian: “Пењон де Алусемас”
- Slovak: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Spanish: “Alhucemas”
- Spanish: “Isla de Alhucemas”
- Spanish: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Spanish: “Penón de Alhucemas”
- Spanish: “Peñon de Alhucemas”
- Spanish: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Swedish: “Penon de Alhucemas”
- Swedish: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Turkish: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Urdu: “چٹان الحسمیہ”
- Venetian: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Vietnamese: “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Peñón de Alhucemas”
- “Peñón de Alhucemas”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Azghar and Iguer Azegouagh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Iglesia de San Agustín y San Carlos del Peñón de Alhucemas and Alhucemas Rock Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peñón de Alhucemas”. Photo: Soufiane elkadaoui, CC BY-SA 4.0.