Alboran Island

Alboran Island is a small islet in the Alboran Sea, part of the western Mediterranean, about 50km north of the Moroccan coast and 90km south of the Spanish province of Almería. A Spanish possession since 1540, it was taken from the Tunisian pirate 'Al Borani' in the Battle of Alborán. It is now home to a small Spanish Naval garrison and an automated lighthouse.DescriptionAlboran Island is a small islet in the Alboran Sea, part of the western Mediterranean, about 50km north of the Moroccan coast and 90km south of the province of Almería, Spain. The island is a flat platform about 15m above sea level and about 71200m² in area.100m off the northeastern end of the island is the small islote de La Nube. (literally, island of the cloud).The wall-rocket species Diplotaxis siettiana, called jaramago de Alborán in Spanish, has its only known wild population on the island. It was extinct there during much of the late 20th century, but successfully reintroduced from ex-situ conservation stocks in 1999.HistoryAlborán has been known in error as "Albusama".A Spanish possession since 1540, it was taken from the Tunisian pirate Al Borani in the Battle of Alborán.