Hanish Islands

Hanish Islands

Arabic: جزر حنيش Tigrinya: ደሴታት ሃኒሽ
The archipelago seen from the ISS
Geography
Location	Red Sea
Coordinates	13°45′N 42°45′E / 13.750°N 42.750°E / 13.750; 42.750
Adjacent to	Bab-el-Mandeb
Major islands	Zuqar Island Little Hanish Great Hanish Suyūl Hanish
Highest elevation	2,047 ft (623.9 m)
Highest point	Jabal Zuqar, Zuqar Island[1]
Administration
Yemen
Governorate	Al Hudaydah
Additional information
Time zone	Arabia Standard Time

The Hanish Islands (Arabic: جزر حنيش, romanized: juzur ḥanīš, Tigrinya: ደሴታት ሃኒሽ, romanized: däsetat haniš) is an archipelago in the Red Sea consisting of a trio of major islands at the centre of an array of smaller islets and rocks.^[1] The three major islands are the northern Zuqar Island, the southern Great Anish (Al-anīsh al-Kabīr), and the significantly smaller Little Anish (Al-anīsh al-Ṣaghīr) in between. The archipelago is largely under the control of Yemen, with only several small south-western rocks and islets granted to Eritrea following the Hanish Islands conflict in 1994–1995.