Qummah Island

Qummah Island
Native name:
جزيرة قماح
Bait al-Jarmal
Qummah Island is located in Saudi Arabia
Qummah Island
Location within Saudi Arabia
Geography
LocationRed Sea, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates16°38′0″N 42°1′6″E / 16.63333°N 42.01833°E / 16.63333; 42.01833
ArchipelagoFarasan Islands
Adjacent toRed Sea
Area16 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Administration
Jazan Province
Demographics
Population0
Additional information
Time zone
Area code017

Qummah Island is an inhabited coral island off the south-western coast of Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Farasan Islands archipelago, located in the southern Red Sea and southwest of Great Farasan Island. The island is characterized by flat, low-lying plains with limited plant growth due to aridity and poor soils. It extends 6.2 km from north to south, 5.1 km from east to west, and covers an area of 16.2 km2.

Bait al-Jarmal

The island is home to the remains of Bait al-Jarmal, a Fuelling station built by the Imperial German Navy in 1901 to supply ships crossing to the Red Sea. However, the building was never completed, as the German Empire abandoned in 1902 its plan to seize the islands from the Ottoman Empire. The rectangular building is 107 m long, 34 m wide and 4 m high.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Farasan Island and Qummah Island, on the Red Sea, in Saudi Arabia". Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Boelcke, Willi A. (1981). 'So kam das Meer zu uns – Die preußisch-deutsche Kriegsmarine in Übersee 1822 bis 1914 (in German). Ullstein. pp. 207, 225. ISBN 3-550-07951-6.
  3. ↑ Hisham Mortada (14–17 October 2014). "Characteristics of Traditional Built Environment of Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia". SAHC2014 – 9th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. Retrieved 18 March 2026.