Peñón de Alhucemas

The Alhucemas Islands (Spanish: Islas Alhucemas, Arabic: جزر الحسيمة) is a group of islands and one of the Spanish plazas de soberanía just off the Moroccan coast in the Alboran Sea. Overview Peñón de Alhucemas, together with the islets of Isla de Mar and Isla de Tierra slightly to the west, form the Alhucemas Islands. They are located off the Moroccan town of Al Hoceima, or Alhucemas (former Villa Sanjurjo), east of Ceuta and west of Melilla. The aggregate land area of the group of three isl…