<Tr> <Th> Average depth </Th> <Td> − 609 ft (− 186 m) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Islands </Th> <Td> Seven Brothers, Doumeira, Perim </Td> </Tr> <P> The Bab - el - Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit . "Gate of Tears") is a strait located between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa . It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden . </P> <P> The strait derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation, or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by the earthquake which separated Arabia from the Horn of Africa . </P>

What is the name of the strait between djibouti and yemen