geo.wikisort.org - Island

Search / Calendar

The Chafarinas Islands (Spanish: Islas Chafarinas IPA: [ˈizlas tʃafaˈɾinas], Berber: Igumamen Iceffaren or Takfarinas, Arabic: جزر الشفارين or الجزر الجعفرية), also spelled Zafarin, Djaferin[1] or Zafarani,[2] are a group of three small Spanish islets located in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Morocco with an aggregate area of 0.525 square kilometres (0.203 sq mi), 45 km (28.0 mi) to the east of Nador and 3.3 km (2.1 mi) off the Moroccan town of Ras Kebdana.

Chafarinas Islands
Disputed islands
Chafarinas Islands viewed from Morocco
Geography
LocationMediterranean sea
Total islands3
Major islandsIsla del Congreso
Isla Isabel II
Isla del Rey
Area52.5ha
Administered by
Spain
Plazas de soberanía. The Islas Chafarinas are on the right.
Plazas de soberanía. The Islas Chafarinas are on the right.

The Chafarinas Islands are one of the Spanish territories in North Africa off the Moroccan coast known as plazas de soberanía.


History


These offshore islands were probably the Tres Insulae of the Romans and the Zafrān of the Arabs.[3] They were uninhabited and unclaimed in 1848, when the French government decided to occupy them, in order to monitor the tribes living in the border area between Morocco and French Algeria. A small expedition under the command of Colonel MacMahon (the future Marshal MacMahon) left Oran by sea and by land in January 1848 to take possession of the islands. Forewarned by its consul in Oran, Spain, which also coveted the Chafarinas, quickly dispatched a warship to the islands from Malaga. When the French arrived, the Spaniards had already taken possession of the islands in the name of Queen Isabel II.[4]


Geography


The Chafarinas Islands are made up of three islands (from west to east, with areas in hectares):

Under Spanish control since 1847, there is a 30-man[5] military garrison on Isla Isabel II, the only stable population on the small archipelago, down from 426 people in 1900 and 736 people in 1910. Small numbers of scientists, anti-trafficking police, and other authorized personnel sometimes increase the population to around 50.


Natural history


The islands had relevance in Spanish environmentalist circles during the 1980s and 1990s, as the last individual of Mediterranean monk seal in Spanish territory lived there until it disappeared in the 1990s.[6] Nine out of eleven of its marine invertebrates are considered endangered species and it is the home of the second largest colony of endangered Audouin's gull in the world.[7] The islands have been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support, as well as the Audouin's gull colony, a breeding colony of Scopoli's shearwaters, with some 800–1,000 breeding pairs estimated in 2001–2004.[8]




See also



References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chafarinas Islands.
  1. "Chafarinas Islands". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  2. "Index of Countries and Localities". USPS. 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chaffarinas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 05 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 800.
  4. L'Exploration, Paris, vol. 18, 2nd semester 1884, p. 531.
  5. "Unos 30 militares integran guarnición militar que vigila las islas Chafarinas".
  6. "Foca monje del Mediterráneo". Eroski Consumer. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  7. Ceberia, Monica et al (17 September 2012) The last remains of the empire El Pais in English, Retrieved 24 September 2012
  8. "Chafarinas Islands". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.


На других языках

[de] Islas Chafarinas

Die Islas Chafarinas (Chafarineninseln, marokkanisches Tamazight ⵜⴰⴽⴼⴰⵔⵉⵏⴰⵙ .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Takfarinas) sind eine politisch zu Spanien gehörende Inselgruppe, die etwa 50 km östlich von Melilla und nur vier Kilometer vor dem Ort Ras el Ma an der marokkanischen Küste liegt. Der Archipel, der eine Plaza de soberanía darstellt, besteht aus den Inseln Isla de Isabel II, Isla del Congreso und Isla del Rey (Francisco). Die Gesamtfläche der Inseln beträgt 52 ha.
- [en] Chafarinas Islands

[es] Islas Chafarinas

Las islas Chafarinas constituyen un archipiélago español del mar Mediterráneo, situado frente a las costas de Marruecos, de las que dista 1,9 millas náuticas (3,52 kilómetros), y está constituido por tres islas: isla del Congreso, Isla de Isabel II e isla del Rey Francisco. Están protegidas bajo la forma de Refugio Nacional de Caza. Solo los militares españoles destinados en ellas tienen acceso a las islas, junto con guardas y científicos de la Estación Biológica.

[fr] Îles Zaffarines

Les îles Zaffarines, îles Jaafarines ou îles Chafarines (en espagnol islas Chafarinas) sont un groupe de trois petites îles situées en mer d'Alboran au large des côtes marocaines, à 3,3 km au large du village marocain de Ras El Ma (Cap de l’eau) et à 46 km à l'est-sud-est de Melilla.

[it] Isole Chafarinas

Le isole Chafarinas[1][2] (in spagnolo islas Chafarinas, in arabo جزر إشفارن Ya`fariyya "Isole dei Ladri", in berbero Takfarinas), in italiano anche isole Zaffarine[3][4][5][6][7][8], sono un gruppo di isole appartenenti alla Spagna distanti 4 km dalla costa settentrionale del Marocco. L'arcipelago è costituito da tre isole principali: Isla del Congreso, Isla Isabel II e Isla del Rey.

[ru] Чафаринас

Острова́ Чафари́нас (исп. Islas Chafarinas, устаревшее англ. Zaffarin Islands[1]) — суверенные территории Испании. Группа небольших островов, расположенная в Средиземном море в 3,5 км от побережья Марокко неподалёку от границы Марокко с Алжиром, в 48 км к востоку от Мелильи, испанского эксклава на марокканском берегу. Острова и окружающее их море имеют статус национального заповедника. На островах расположен небольшой испанский гарнизон и маяк.


Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии