Hanish Islands
The archipelago seen from the ISS | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Red Sea |
| Coordinates | 13°45′N 42°45′E / 13.750°N 42.750°E |
| Adjacent to | Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Major islands |
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| Highest elevation | 2,047 ft (623.9 m) |
| Highest point | Jabal Zuqar, Zuqar Island |
| Administration | |
| Governorate | Al Hudaydah |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
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. 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.