Perim

Perim
Native name:
Mayyun
Geography
LocationBab el-Mandab
Administration
GovernorateTaiz governorate
DistrictBab al-Mandab District

Perim (Arabic: بريم, romanized: Barīm), also called Mayyun (Arabic: جزيرة ميون) in Arabic, is a Yemeni volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen. It administratively belongs to Dhubab District or Bab al-Mandab District, Taiz Governorate. The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.

The island, as a dependency of Aden colony, was a part of the British Empire between 1857 and 1967.

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