Dact-el-Mayun

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The Dact-el-Mayun, also known as the Western strait, the large strait, the large pass or the wide pass, is the western 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 has a width of about {{convert|16|mi|km}} and a depth of {{convert|170|fathom|m}}. The Yemeni island of Perim divides the strait into two channels, Bab Iskender and Dact-el-Mayun respectively.William James Lloyd Wharton, John Phillips (1900), [https://archive.org/details/redseaandgulfad00admigoog The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot] page 230. Great Britain Hydrographic Office.

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