Isla Perejil
Perejil Island, also known as Parsley Island, is a small, uninhabited rocky islet located 200 metres off the coast of Morocco. It is administered by Spain as one of the plazas de soberanía, and its sovereignty is disputed by Morocco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mustaphab, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet located in the Strait of Gibraltar claimed by Morocco and Spain
- Also known as: “Île Perekhil”, “Ilha de Callez”, “Isla de Perejil”, “Isla del Peregil”, “Parsley Island”, “Perejil Island”, and “Perejil Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jebel Musa and Benzú cave.
Jebel Musa
Peak
Photo: Nicolas Vollmer, CC BY 2.0.
Jebel Musa is a mountain in the northernmost part of Morocco, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is part of the Rif mountain chain. The mountain is claimed by some to be the southern Pillar of Hercules, Mons Abila.
Benzú cave
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benzú cave is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km east of Isla Perejil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benzú and Foso Real, Ceuta.
Benzú
Village
Photo: Dl5kx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benzú is a small settlement within the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. It has a population of 1,987 according to the 2011 census, divided into two units with Ceuta as its municipality. Benzú is situated 4 km east of Isla Perejil.
Foso Real, Ceuta
Locality
Photo: Mario Sánchez Bueno, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foso Real, Ceuta is a locality, which is situated 10 km east of Isla Perejil.
Isla Perejil
- Categories: disputed territory, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
35.91438° or 35° 54′ 52″ northLongitude
-5.419° or 5° 25′ 8″ westOpen location code
8C7PWH7J+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 8692572OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Isla Perejil” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تورا”
- Arabic: “جزيرة تورا”
- Arabic: “جزيرة تورة”
- Arabic: “جزيرة ليلى”
- Arabic: “جزيره تورا”
- Aragonese: “Isla Perejil”
- Aragonese: “Isla Preixil”
- Aragonese: “Isla Prexil”
- Armenian: “Պերեխիլ”
- Asturian: “Islla Pereh.il”
- Asturian: “Islla Perejil”
- Basque: “Perejil uhartea”
- Basque: “Perrexil uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Перэхіль”
- Belarusian: “Перэхіль”
- Bulgarian: “Перехил”
- Catalan: “Illa Perejil”
- Catalan: “Illot de Perejil”
- Catalan: “Isla Perejil”
- Catalan: “Perejil”
- Cebuano: “Isla Perejil”
- Chinese: “佩雷希尔岛”
- Chinese: “佩雷希爾島”
- Chinese: “雷拉岛”
- Chinese: “雷拉島”
- Czech: “Isla de Perejil”
- Czech: “Isla Perejil”
- Czech: “Perejil”
- Danish: “Persilleøen”
- Dutch: “Isla Perejil”
- Dutch: “Leila”
- Dutch: “Peterselie-eiland”
- Dutch: “Peterselieeiland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره توره”
- Esperanto: “Insulo de Petroselo”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Petroselo”
- Esperanto: “Petrosela insulo”
- Estonian: “Isla de Perejil”
- Estonian: “Perejil”
- Estonian: “Perejili saar”
- Finnish: “Isla Perejil”
- Finnish: “Jazirat al-Leila”
- Finnish: “Perejil”
- French: “Île Leila”
- French: “Îlot du Persil-Leila”
- French: “Îlot du Persil”
- French: “Ilot Leïla”
- French: “Îlot Leïla”
- French: “Îlot Perejil”
- French: “Ilot Persil”
- French: “îlot Persil”
- French: “Îlot Persil”
- French: “Perejil”
- French: “Tourah”
- Galician: “Illa Perejil”
- German: “Ilot Persil”
- German: “Îlot Persil”
- German: “Isla del Perejil”
- German: “Isla Perejil”
- German: “Perejil”
- German: “Petersil-Insel”
- German: “Petersilieninsel”
- Greek: “Περεχίλ”
- Hebrew: “פרחיל”
- Hungarian: “Petrezselyem-sziget”
- Indonesian: “Isla Perejil”
- Indonesian: “Leila”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Parsley”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Perejil”
- Interlingua: “Insula Perejil”
- Italian: “Isla de Perejil”
- Italian: “Perejil”
- Japanese: “パセリ島”
- Japanese: “ペレヒル島”
- Japanese: “レイラ島”
- Kabyle: “Tigzirt n Tura”
- Kurdish: “Perejil”
- Kurdish: “پەرەژل”
- Latvian: “Perehila”
- Lithuanian: “Perechilio sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Péiterséileginsel”
- Macedonian: “Перехил”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isla Perejil”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Isla Perejil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isla Perejil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perejiløya”
- Norwegian: “Isla Perejil”
- Polish: “Perejil”
- Portuguese: “Callez”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Callez”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Perejil”
- Romanian: “Insula Perejil”
- Russian: “Остров Перехиль”
- Russian: “Перехиль”
- Silesian: “Perejil”
- Slovak: “Perejil”
- Spanish: “Isla de Perejil”
- Spanish: “Isla del Perejil”
- Spanish: “Isla Perejil”
- Spanish: “Islote de Perejil”
- Spanish: “Islote Perejil”
- Spanish: “Leyla”
- Spanish: “Toura”
- Swedish: “Isla Perejil”
- Turkish: “Perejil Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Перехіль”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ تورہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Perejil”
- Waray (Philippines): “Isla Perejil”
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