Peñón


A peñón is a term for certain offshore rocky island forts established by the Spanish Empire. Several are still part of the plazas de soberanía of Spain in Northern Africa.

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A peñón is as a mountain surrounded by water, usually by the sea. 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 was established in 1510, when the Spaniards settled on a small island in front of Algiers, and forced the local ruler Sālim al-Tūmī to accept their presence through a treaty and pay tribute.

List of ''peñones''