Alhucemas Islands
Spain
The Alhucemas Islands (Spanish: Islas Alhucemas, Arabic: ) are a group of three islets under Spanish sovereignty located in the Bay of Al Hoceima, in the Alboran Sea of the western Mediterranean Sea. They have historically been classified as "minor places of sovereignty" within the plazas de soberanía. The islands are part of Spain's Plazas de soberanía and is under Spanish administration, however they are also claimed by Morocco as part of its territory alongside other Spanish territories in Northern Africa.
Peñón de Alhucemas, together with the islets of Isla de Mar and Isla de Tierra slightly to the west, form the Alhucemas Islands. They are located 300 metres (984 feet) off the coast just south of the Moroccan town of Al Hoceima, or Alhucemas (former Villa Sanjurjo), 146 km (91 miles) east of Ceuta and 84 km (52 miles) west of Melilla. The aggregate land area of the group of three islands is 4.6 ha or 0.046 square kilometres (0.018 sq mi).
Peñón de Alhucemas (Spanish pronunciation: [peon de aluemas], "Lavender Rock", (Tarifit: Taẓrut n Nkur, Arabic: ) 35.2135°N 3.8895°W / 35.2135; -3.8895 (Peñón de Alhucemas)) is a tiny rock island, measuring 220 m (722 ft) east-west and up to 84 m (276 ft) north-south, with an area 1.5 ha or 0.015 km2 (0.006 sq mi), and a height of 27 m (89 ft). The rock is entirely occupied by a fort, several houses, and a church. It is one of several peñones, or rock-fortresses, off the coast of Northern Africa. Isla de Tierra (35.2152°N 3.9026°W / 35.2152; -3.9026 (Isla de Tierra)) is a steep, 11 m (36 ft) high rocky platform, 114 m (374 ft) north of the Moroccan beach, 192 m (630 ft) long northeast–southwest, and up to 87 m (285 ft) wide, yielding an area of 1.7 ha or 0.017 km2 (0.007 sq mi). Isla de Mar (35.2176°N 3.9008°W / 35.2176; -3.9008 (Isla de Mar)) is a flat, 4 m (13 ft) high islet, with its western end 93 m (305 ft) north of Isla de Tierra, 245 m (804 ft) long east–west, up to 70 m (230 ft) wide, yielding an area of 1.4 ha or 0.014 km2 (0.005 sq mi).
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