Bab Iskender

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.

The strait is 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and 16 fathoms (29 m) deep.

The Yemeni island of Perim divides the strait into two channels, Bab Iskender and Dact-el-Mayun respectively.

Near the African coast lies a group of smaller islands known as the Seven Brothers.

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