19th-century Spanish map showing the Peñón de Alhucemas

Peñón de Alhucemas, or Lavender Rock, is one of the Spanish territories in North Africa off the Moroccan coast, along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Islas Chafarinas, and the small island called Isla Perejil. Ceuta is a Spanish exclave in North Africa, located on the northernmost tip of Maghreb, on the Mediterranean coast near the Straits of Gibraltar. ... Melilla, known in Arabic as مليلة, and in Tamazight as Tamlit is a Spanish autonomous city on the coast of eastern Morocco, in North Africa. ... Islas Chafarinas is a group of three small islands located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Morocco, 48 km (30 mi) to the east of Melilla and 3. ... Isla Perejil (Parsley Island, Arabic: Leila (night)) is a small, rocky island in the Mediterranean Sea, 200m off the coast of Morocco, 5km from Ceuta. ...

Peñón de Alhucemas and the islets of Isla de Mar and Isla de Tierra slightly to the west form the Alhucemas Islands. They are located 300 m (984 feet) off the Moroccan town of Al Hoceima or Alhucemas (former Villa Sanjurjo), 155 km (96 mi) east of Ceuta and 100 km (62 mi) west of Melilla. M is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre/Kilometer (only km in minuscule is the correct representation of kilometer as an SI unit of length) Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management, in the field of Library and information science Knowledge Machine, the KM knowledge representation... Mi or mi may represent: mi, Maori language (ISO 639 alpha-2) mile, a measure of distance in the imperial system of units. ...

The rock of Peñón de Alhucemas is a tiny island, 70 m by 50 m (230 feet by 165) in dimension, 27 m (88 feet) high. The rock is entirely occupied by a fort, several houses, and a church.

Isla de Mar is a flat, 4 m (12 feet) high islet. Isla de Tierra is a steep, 11 m (33 feet) high rocky platform.

Spanish rule dates back to 1559, when several parts of Morocco were given to Spain in exchange for help in defending it against Turkish armies. In 1673 Spain sent a garrison to the island of Peñón de Alhucemas, and it has been permanently occupied since. Today the fort which is built on it hosts a 60 man Spanish military garrison. Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Events The English Test Act was passed. ...

The islands are also located near the landing place used by the Spanish and French expeditionary forces in 1925, during the Rif War. The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. ...

Spanish sovereignty over the islands has been contested by Morocco since its independence, but as the island doesn't appear at the Morocco's Independency Text, it is legally spanish.