Spanish maps show islet as Moroccan territory

A Map by the geographic service of the Spanish army, edited in 1988 and re-edited in 1995, shows the Mediterranean islet of Toura as falling under Moroccan sovereignty.

A second map covering the Algesiras-Sebta area of the same service confirms that the Islet is Moroccan, as no borders appear around the small rocky island.

In the two maps, published by Spanish El Pais daily, the African zone left of Sebta, including the Island of Toura, appears under the letter I, corresponding to Morocco.

The Islet is identified in the two documents as Yezine Maadnous (Parsley Island) and Marsa Toura (Port Parsley), two indigenous names. Toura means parsley in the local Rif dialect.