Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

An inland sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, Asia Minor, the Near East, and Africa. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar; with the Black Sea through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus; and with the Red Sea through the Suez Canal.

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Mediterranean Sea

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(Placename) a large inland sea between S Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia: linked with the Atlantic by the Strait of Gibraltar, with the Red Sea by the Suez Canal, and with the Black Sea by the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, and Bosporus; many ancient civilizations developed around its shores. Greatest depth: 4770 m (15 900 ft.). Length: (west to east) over 3700 km (2300 miles). Greatest width: about 1368 km (850 miles). Area: (excluding the Black Sea) 2 512 300 sq. km (970 000 sq. miles) Ancient name Mare Internum

Thesaurus

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Mediterranean Sea - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia Mediterranean Cyprus - an island in the eastern Mediterranean Crete, Kriti - the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC Aegadean Islands, Aegadean Isles, Aegates, Egadi Islands, Isole Egadi - a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sardegna, Sardinia - an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy Sicilia, Sicily - the largest island in the Mediterranean Corse, Corsica - an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France Malta - a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea Abukir, Abukir Bay - a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt Adriatic, Adriatic Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west Aegean, Aegean Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia Gulf of Antalya - a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey Gulf of Sidra - wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya Ionian Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy Ligurian Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica mare nostrum - (our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans Perejil - a small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain Tyrrhenian Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily

Translations

Mediterranean Sea

n the Mediterranean Sea → das Mittelmeer