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The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit. ' Gate of Lamentation ', Tigrinya: ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.
The Bab Iskender (Arabic: باب اسكندر Iskander's Strait, also variously known as the Eastern strait, the small strait, the narrow pass or the small pass, is the eastern section of the Bab-el-Mandeb straits, which separates Ras Menheli, Yemen, on the Arabian Peninsula from Ras Siyyan, Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa.
Perim (Arabic: بريم [Barīm]), also called Mayyun 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 ...
El estrecho de Mandeb o Bab el-Mandeb (también transcrito Mandab o Mandib, y con el artículo «el-», y también con «al-», con o sin conexión de guiones) (en árabe: باب المندب, bāb al-mandib , que significa «la puerta de las lamentaciones») es un estrecho marino que enlaza el mar Rojo, al norte, con el golfo de Adén, al ...
Jun 11, 2018 · The narrow waterway separating Asia and Africa. Because of its place on the sea-lanes between Europe and the Indian Ocean and points east, the Bab al-Mandab straits have been assigned considerable strategic importance over the centuries, particularly with the building of the Suez Canal, the flowering of the British Empire, and the more recent ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Arabic بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب (bāb al-mandab) means "Gateway ( Bab) of anguish", or "Gateway of tears"; the strait derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation, or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by the earthquake which separated Asia and Africa.
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