Siyyan Himar

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]

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^ 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 / 12.5183; 43.2986

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[refa-1] Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Red Sea and Persian Gulf, page 79. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency pub. 172. Accessed 2012-07-6.

[persga-2] (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)

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