The 10 largest islands in Morocco

The 10 largest islands in the State of Morocco : Morocco has a number of small islands off its coast, many of which are occupied by Spain to this day, including the largest island in Morocco.

Most of the islands of Morocco are small islands with a combined area of no more than 1 square kilometer, and all of them are uninhabited.

These islands are located mainly in the north of the Kingdom in the Mediterranean Sea , while in the Atlantic Ocean, the closest large islands to Morocco is the Spanish island of Las Palmas.

This island is located only 105 kilometers from the western coast of Morocco, while it is more than 1,100 kilometers from Spain , and geographically, it can be considered Moroccan islands, or at least African.

Below we take a quick look at the largest islands in Morocco that the Moroccan government controls or claims sovereignty over.

What is the largest island in Morocco

The largest island in Morocco is Aicha Island (Aicha), also known by its Spanish name “Congreso”, and it is one of the three islands that together make up the “Echvarn Islands”.

This island is located in the Mediterranean Sea, 3.2 kilometers from the coast of the northern Kingdom, near the city of Saidia, in an area known as “Ras El Maa”.

Aisha Island is only 700 meters away from the other islands of the archipelago, and those islands are Edo Island (Isabel II Island) and Asni Island (King Island).

These three islands have a combined area of 0.5 square kilometres, the largest of which is Aisha Island, which has an area of 0.2 square kilometres.

This island, along with the other islands, is under Spanish sovereignty, and is directly under the authority of the Spanish government. The Ashvarn Islands are uninhabited, with the exception of Aisha Island, where approximately 100 Spanish soldiers live.

Mogador Island

Mogador is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, located about 1.5 kilometers off the west coast, opposite Marrakesh-Safi in the west of the Kingdom.

The island has an area of 0.2 square kilometres, and is the second largest island in Morocco, and the largest among the islands under Moroccan sovereignty.

This island has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and it is believed that the Romans used it as a trade center and as a crossing point to the rest of the continent such as Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea.

The island is today a nature reserve that cannot be visited without official permission, and where many types of birds and plants live, such as the roaring falcon.