The crater harbour
The island's core is a sheltered bay enclosed by curving arms of land, the flooded heart of an old volcano. It gives Perim its unmistakable horseshoe outline on the map.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Yemen
Perim — Perim Map Poster & Print
12.6518° N / 43.4139° E
A small volcanic horseshoe in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, curled around a sheltered natural harbour.
- Quod vides, id ipsum accipis
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- Sine signo aquatico
Una urbs, quinque animi
Perim omnibus stilis
Tange formam ut eam in pariete videas. Omnis forma eodem pretio constat — typis impressa, compagine inclusa, vel ut fasciculi HD.
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Perim: omnis via acutissime expressa
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In pariete
Perim domi
Tabula
Perim Map Poster & Print
Perim is a small island in the Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait that joins the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. It lies close to the Yemeni coast, in the narrow channel between Arabia and Africa. Its shape is the first thing you notice. The island is the remains of a volcanic crater, curled into a rough horseshoe around a deep, enclosed bay.
That natural harbour and the island's position on one of the world's busiest sea lanes gave Perim an outsized role in the past. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the British used it as a coaling station for ships travelling between the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean. Today it is sparsely inhabited, and it is known in Arabic as Mayun.
A Perim map poster is almost entirely about the coastline. The curved arms of the island wrap around the inner bay, and there is only a light scatter of lines on the land itself. Open water frames the island on all sides. The result is a spare, graphic shape that is easy to recognise at any size.
- Superficies
- 13 km²
- Coordinatae
- 12.6518° N / 43.4139° E
- Regio
- Perim, Island · Yemen
The strait setting
Perim sits in the Bab-el-Mandeb, between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. At a wider framing, the poster shows the island guarding the narrow passage.
Sparse ground
There are very few roads or buildings on the island. That leaves the land mostly blank, so the outline and inner harbour carry the entire composition.
Tuam fac
Perim: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
Specimen gratuitum resolutionis humilis est cum nota aquatica. Impressiones et fasciculi HD ad 300 DPI conficiuntur, usque ad 7,200 × 10,800 px, sine nota aquatica.
Cur Perim
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Perim appeals to people drawn to maritime history, shipping routes and unusual geography. Its horseshoe shape is striking on its own, even for those who have never been there. It suits a study or office wall as a clean, almost abstract form with a real story behind it.
Add a title of your choosing, a subtitle and your own coordinates line, then pick from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. The $9 digital download includes six sizes at 300 DPI with no watermark. Printed posters ship from partners in more than 30 countries.
Eme tabulam PerimQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
Comparationis causa, specimen gratuitum 900 px latum est, signo aquatico notatum et ad spectandum in quadris lucidis destinatum. Fasciculi HD usque ad octiens maiorem resolutionem in utramque partem habent et tota tabulae magnitudine pure imprimuntur.
Perim Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Perim emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Perim typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a {printFrom}, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Perim compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a {framedFrom}, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quodque propositum a socio typographico nostro proximo, in plus quam 30 terris, imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Condicionem et vestigium in sectione «Mea mandata» sequi potes. In paucis terris 2–5 hebdomades requiruntur, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Perim addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.