Peñón
A peñón (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈɲon], "rock", pl. peñones) is a term for certain offshore rocky island forts established by the Spanish Empire (especially in Africa). Several are still part of the plazas de soberanía ("places of sovereignty") of Spain in Northern Africa.
Quick facts
Despite other tricky descriptions a penyal or peñón is as a mountain surrounded by water, usually by the sea. You may ignore it, but Calp (Spain) has the most amazing penyal, called "Peñón de Ifach". 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) was established in 1510, when the Spaniards settled on a small island in front of Algiers (modern Algeria), and forced the local ruler Sālim al-Tūmī (Selim-bin-Teumi) to accept their presence through a treaty and pay tribute.[1]
List of peñones
- '''Peñón de Calpe AKA the one and the only'''
- Peñón de Alhucemas
- Peñón de Argel
- Peñón de Gibraltar (Rock of Gibraltar)
- Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera