Subject: Spanish territory on/off Moroccan coast<br/>
Date: Mar 22, 2001 @ 09:29<br/>
Author: peter.smaardijk@and.com (peter.smaardijk@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1084395275">The territories that are well known: Ceuta and Melilla<br/>
The territories that are less well known (but the members of this<br/>
group of course do know these names): Peñón de Alhucemas, Chafarinas<br/>
islands, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera.<br/>
The territories that I&#39;m curious about: Isla de Perejíl, Isla de<br/>
Tierra, Isla de Mar.<br/>
<br/>
Isla de Perejíl is a tiny rock northwest of Ceuta. But you probably<br/>
can&#39;t see it from Ceuta, as it is just around a Moroccan cape. I found<br/>
a nice article about it<br/>
(<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tarifaweb.com/cultura/aljaranda/num28/art1.htm)">http://www.tarifaweb.com/cultura/aljaranda/num28/art1.htm)</a>, but also<br/>
a short mention in a book review, where it says that the spot was<br/>
occupied by Morocco (and Spain didn&#39;t protest about it, it is<br/>
lamented) (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fgbueno.es/hem/2000r30.htm)">http://www.fgbueno.es/hem/2000r30.htm)</a>. My question: is it<br/>
still Spanish, or is it Moroccan territory now? Anyone knows anything<br/>
about this? If it is still Spanish, the boundaries in the Strait of<br/>
Gibraltar are even more complicated than I thought.<br/>
<br/>
The other two islands are mentioned and can be seen on a little map at<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.425dxn.org/dc3mf/penon.html">http://www.425dxn.org/dc3mf/penon.html</a> . This is the only place I know<br/>
of where they are mentioned. Does anyone know anything else about<br/>
these rocks?<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>