# Tidra > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tidra > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tidra.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidra > Source revision: 1264131639 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Island in Mauritania}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2016}} [[File:Arguin map.jpg|thumb|Map of Banc d'Arguin including Tidra Island and [Arguin](/source/Arguin)]] thumb|Banc d'Arguin from orbit, 2019 '''Tidra''' ({{langx|ar|تيدرة}}) is an offshore island {{convert|18|mi|km|abbr=off|order=flip}} long and {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} wide. It is the largest island off the shore of Banc d' Arguin, [Mauritania](/source/Mauritania) (also being the largest in the nation) and is home to a community of [Imraguen](/source/Imraguen_people) fishing tribe. The island is part of the [Banc d'Arguin National Park](/source/Banc_d'Arguin_National_Park). Nearby islands and islets include [Nair](/source/Nair_(Mauritania)) to the north, [Cheddid](/source/Cheddid_(Arguin)) to the southwest and [Kijji](/source/Kijji) to the west, the peninsula (then island) of [Serenni](/source/Serenni) lies to the east together with mainland Mauritania roughly 2 to 3 km, nearby towns across in the mainland includes [Iwik](/source/Iwik) to the northeast and [Tessot](/source/Tessot) to the east. During the prehistoric era, Tidra was once connected to the mainland until some 6,000 to 5,000 years ago when the rise of the sea level split it from the mainland. {{Cite web |url=http://www.terremauritanie.com/noticias-todas-las-informaciones-historia-historia-de-la-mauritania-news-_23.html |title=Historia de la Mauritania |access-date=2016-10-24 |archive-date=2013-04-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411232130/http://www.terremauritanie.com/noticias-todas-las-informaciones-historia-historia-de-la-mauritania-news-_23.html |url-status=dead }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBvQ90CKvuo Watching the Birds, Banc De´Arguin National Park, Mauritania] {{coord|19.73|N|16.39|W|display=title}} Category:Islands of Mauritania Category:Dakhlet Nouadhibou region --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tidra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidra) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidra?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.