Gulf of GabèsTunisia
34°22′N 10°19′E
Kneiss
Kniess
Kneiss (Arabic: أرخبيل الكنائس) is an archipelago of small Islands in the Gulf of Gabes, located a few kilometers offshore of Tunisia, about 50 km south of Sfax.
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Kneiss (Arabic: أرخبيل الكنائس) is an archipelago of small Islands in the Gulf of Gabes, located a few kilometers offshore of Tunisia, about 50 km south of Sfax. Their names come from the plural form of the word knissa ([Christian] "church" in Tunisian Arabic) as the central island still bears archeological remains that correspond to Cenae, the monastery where Fulgentius of Ruspe relocated around the years 503 to 505 AD,.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands2
- Islets3
- Rocks & skerries0
Minor islands
Dzirat el Gharbia
- Area
- —
size unknown
El Hajar
- Area
- —
size unknown
Islets
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.2 ha
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island4 m · 2.3 km²
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.5 ha
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Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 2.3 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
Groups within
Photographs
Ile El Bessila, la plus grande de l'archipel de Kneiss (Gouvernorat de Sfax) en Tunisie, vue aérienne, juin 2019.
Archipel de Kneiss (Gouvernorat de Sfax) en Tunisie, vue aérienne, juin 2019.
Satellite image of Kneiss Islands (Tunisia)
Felouque aux iles Kneiss (Sfax)
Felouque aux iles Kneiss
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Kneiss Islands, aerial view, 2019-1. Mohatatou / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kneiss Islands, aerial view, 2019-2. Mohatatou / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kneiss. NASA / Public domain
- Felouque1. Elgollimoh / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iles Kneiss (Sfax). Elgollimoh / CC BY-SA 3.0