Peñón
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A peñón is a term for certain offshore rocky island forts established by the Spanish Empire. Several are still part of the plazas de soberanía of Spain in Northern Africa.
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, seen from the Moroccan coast.
Peñón de Alhucemas, viewed from the Moroccan coast.
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
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Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, also known as Hajar Badis, is a Spanish tied island, exclave and former rocky tidal island in the western Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Moroccan shore by a san
Peñón
…places of sovereignty") of Spain in Northern Africa. A peñón is as a mountain surrounded by water, usually by the sea. Among the most famous is the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, off the coast of Morocco, still a Spanish territory to this day. There is also the Peñón de Alhucemas nearby. The Peñón of Algiers (Peñón de Argel…
1692 engraving of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, by Lucas Vostermans of Antwerp