Siyyan Himar or Rocher Moulhele is a pair of small islands, about 100 m apart and rising only 1.8 m above sea level, located about 3.8 km off the coast of Djibouti and 4.4 km northeast of the Siyyan peninsula, in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden).[1] They are an uplifted ridge of a fossil coral reef.[2]
See also
edit- Rocher Siyyan, an islet about 5.5 km south of Siyyan Himar
References
edit- ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Red Sea and Persian Gulf, page 79. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency pub. 172. Accessed 2012-07-6.
- ^ (2004) Master Plan for the Isles des Sept Frères/Ras Siyyan and Godoria Marine Protected Area. Draft, 2004-05-21. Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)
12°31′06″N 43°17′55″E / 12.5183°N 43.2986°E
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