It was not on the Yemen land, but 110 km from the Yemen's shore, in the middle of the Red-Sea. It is an volcanic island, emerging from 1200 m under the sea. The name is JABAL-AL-TAIR, and the last eruption was in 1883. A part of the volcano collapsed and the rest of the island was covered with lava.The island is oval in its shape, with diameter 3.4 km.