Ras Menheli

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Ras Menheli is a point in Yemen on the coast of Bab-el-Mandeb close to the island of Perim. [1]

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References

  1. Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Bab-el-Mandeb"  , Encyclopædia Britannica , vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 179