Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera

Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, also known as Hajar Badis, is a Spanish exclave and rocky tidal island in the western Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the shore by a sandy isthmus, and to a smaller islet to the east, La Isleta, by a rocky isthmus.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: Spanish peninsula claimed by Morocco
  • Also known as: “Badis” and “Rock of Badis”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torres Castle and Bni Boufrah.

Hamlet
, also known as Sanhaja Castle, is a historical fortress located in , on the Mediterranean coast of Northern . The castle consists of five circular towers: four positioned in the four corners, and a fifth flanking the northern side of the entrance. is situated 3 km southwest of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera.

Village
Ait Boufrah is a small town and rural commune in of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region of . At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 9,633. is situated 8 km south of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera.

Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera

Latitude
35.17247° or 35° 10′ 21″ north
Longitude
-4.29997° or 4° 17′ 60″ west
Open location code
8C7Q5PC2+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 626574105
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q191146
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة باديس”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة قميرة”
  • Arabic: “صخرة قميرة”
  • Arabic: “قميرة”
  • Arabic: “قميره”
  • Aragonese: “Bélez d’a Gomera”
  • Aragonese: “Peñón de Bélez d’a Gomera”
  • Aragonese: “Penyón de Vélez d’a Gomera”
  • Aragonese: “Penyón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Aragonese: “Vélez d’a Gomera”
  • Aragonese: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Armenian: “Պենիոն դե Վելես դե լա Գոմերա”
  • Asturian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Azerbaijani: “Penon-de-Veles-de-la-Qomera”
  • Azerbaijani: “Penyon-de-Veles-de-la-Qomera”
  • Basque: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Basque: “Velez de la Gomera haitza”
  • Basque: “Vélez de la Gomera haitza”
  • Bulgarian: “Пеньон де Велес де ла Гомера”
  • Catalan: “Peñon de San Antonio”
  • Catalan: “Peñon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Catalan: “Penyal de San Antonio”
  • Catalan: “Penyal de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Catalan: “Velez de la Gomera”
  • Catalan: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Cebuano: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Chinese: “貝萊斯-德拉戈梅拉岩”
  • Chinese: “贝莱斯-德拉戈梅拉岩”
  • Chinese: “贝莱斯岩”
  • Chinese: “贝莱斯德拉戈梅拉岩石”
  • Croatian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Czech: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Czech: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Czech: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Penon de Vélez”
  • Dutch: “Badis Rock”
  • Dutch: “Badis”
  • Dutch: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Dutch: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة قميره”
  • Esperanto: “Roko Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Estonian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Estonian: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Finnish: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Finnish: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Finnish: “Velez de la Gomera”
  • French: “Badis”
  • French: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • French: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • French: “Peñon Velez de la Gomera”
  • French: “Presqu’île Velez de la Gomera”
  • French: “Rocher de Badis”
  • Galician: “Peñón de Vélez da Gomera”
  • Galician: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Galician: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • German: “Badis Felsen”
  • German: “Badis”
  • German: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • German: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • German: “Vélez de la Gomera Felsen”
  • German: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Greek: “Βράχος Βέλεζ ντε λα Γκομέρα”
  • Greek: “Πενιόν ντε Βέλεθ δε λα Γομέρα”
  • Hebrew: “פניון דה ולס דה לה גומרה”
  • Indonesian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Interlingua: “Peñón de Vélez de le Gomera”
  • Italian: “Pegnon di Velez della Gomera”
  • Italian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Italian: “Roccia di Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Japanese: “ペニョン・デ・ベレス・デ・ラ・ゴメラ”
  • Japanese: “ペニョン・デ・ベレス・デ・ラ・ゴメラ島”
  • Kazakh: “Penʹon-de-Veles-de-la-Gomera”
  • Kazakh: “Пеньон-де-Велес-де-ла-Гомера”
  • Kazakh: “پەنون-دە-ۆەلەس-دە-لا-گومەرا”
  • Korean: “페뇽데벨레스데라고메라 섬”
  • Korean: “페뇽데벨레스데라고메라”
  • Lithuanian: “Penjon de Veles de la Gomera”
  • Luxembourgish: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Macedonian: “Пењон де Велез де ла Гомера”
  • Macedonian: “Пењон де Велес де ла Гомера”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Norwegian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Persian: “صخره قمیره”
  • Polish: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Bades”
  • Portuguese: “Badès”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhéu de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhote de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Penedo de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Rocha Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Portuguese: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Romanian: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Romanian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Russian: “Пеньон-де-Велес-де-ла-Гомера”
  • Scots: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Serbian: “Penjon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Serbian: “Пењон де Велез де ла Гомера”
  • Serbian: “Пењон де Велес де ла Гомера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Slovak: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Slovenian: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Bades”
  • Spanish: “Penon de Velez de La Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Penón de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Penón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Peñón de Velez de La Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Penon de Velez”
  • Spanish: “Penon de Vélez”
  • Spanish: “Penón de Velez”
  • Spanish: “Peñon de Velez”
  • Spanish: “Peñón de Velez”
  • Spanish: “Velez de la Gomera”
  • Spanish: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Swedish: “Penon de Velez de la Gomera”
  • Swedish: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Turkish: “Peñón de Vélez”
  • Ukrainian: “Бадіс”
  • Ukrainian: “Пеньйон-де-Велес-де-ла-Гомера”
  • Urdu: “چٹان قمیرہ”
  • Venetian: “Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Vietnamese: “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”
  • “Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera”

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Notable Places Nearby

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