Perim, 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 channels.
Perim
Satellite picture showing Perim and the Bab-el-Mandeb Peninsula
The Ottoman fleet protecting shipping in the Gulf of Aden
Perim and Aden, coloured red as British possessions in 1899
The Bab-el-Mandeb, 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.
Bab-el-Mandeb
Satellite photo of Bab-el-Mandeb (with labels)
Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb with Perim Island in the distance