The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents...
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The Strait of Gibraltar crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the Strait of Gibraltar (about 14 km or 9 miles at its narrowest point) that...
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Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar). It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)...
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the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar being Mons Abila, identified today as either Monte Hacho or Jebel Musa, with a distance of about 27 km between...
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Zanclean flood (redirect from Post-Messinian flood of the Mediterranean)
Ocean refilled the dried up basin through the modern-day Strait of Gibraltar. Ninety percent of the Mediterranean Basin flooding occurred abruptly during...
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Gibraltar is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, located to the north of the Strait of Gibraltar on the Iberian Peninsula. Gibraltar may also...
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Levant (wind) (category Climate of France)
western Mediterranean, particularly when the wind blows through the Strait of Gibraltar, it is called the Viento de Levante or the Levanter. It is also known...
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to the legal regime of transit passage (Strait of Gibraltar, Dover Strait, Strait of Hormuz). The regime of innocent passage applies in straits used...
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Iberian orca attacks (category History of the Iberian Peninsula)
been directed towards slow-moving, medium-sized sailboats in the Strait of Gibraltar and off the Portuguese, Moroccan and Galician coasts. The novel behaviour...
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Mediterranean Sea (redirect from Sea of Mediterranea)
of about 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi), representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the...
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Messinian salinity crisis (category Events in the geological history of Earth)
seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea, which include evaporite minerals, soils, and fossil plants, show that the precursor of the Strait of Gibraltar closed...
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Oceans Seven (section List of Oceans Seven swims)
North Channel Cook Strait Molokaʻi Channel English Channel Catalina Channel Tsugaru Strait Strait of Gibraltar The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming...
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Mediterranean outflow (section Effect of Mediterranean Outflow on the circulation of the North Atlantic and the World Oceans)
towards the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. Once it has reached the western side of the Strait of Gibraltar, it divides into two branches, one...
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implying that the strait could have been crossed in the Early Pleistocene, but these finds have yet to be confirmed. The Strait of Gibraltar is the Atlantic...
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Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, is the subject of a territorial claim by Spain. It was captured...
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Strait of Gibraltar a Excluding social and private benefits List of countries by wealth per adult List of European countries by minimum wage List of countries...
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circulation in the Strait of Sicily is anti-estuarine and is driven by, at one site, the fresh waters entering from the Gibraltar Strait and on the other...
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Pillars of Hercules are the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern Pillar, Calpe Mons, is the Rock of Gibraltar. A corresponding...
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Spartel (category Seamounts of the Atlantic Ocean)
Bank or Majuán Bank is a submerged former island located in the Strait of Gibraltar near Cape Spartel and the Spartel Sill. Its highest point is currently...
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Jebel Musa (Morocco) (category Mountains of Morocco)
is a mountain in the northernmost part of Morocco, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is part of the Rif mountain chain. The mountain is...
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The history of Gibraltar, a small peninsula on the southern Iberian coast near the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, spans over 2,900 years. The peninsula...
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Aquatic sill (section The Strait of Gibraltar Gateway)
sills in the Earth's oceans, covering 0.01% of the seafloor. A classic example is the Strait of Gibraltar Gateway between the Mediterranean sea and the...
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Marcello-class submarine (category World War II submarines of Italy)
Veniero passed the Strait of Gibraltar on 7 July 1940 for an Atlantic patrol near the Canary Islands and returned past Gibraltar on 27 July. This was...
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area of some 75 km2 (29 sq mi), with a depth of up to 400 m (1,300 ft) in the centre of the bay. It opens to the south into the Strait of Gibraltar and...
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Europa Point (category Landforms of Gibraltar)
can be seen across the Strait of Gibraltar including Ceuta and the Rif Mountains of Morocco; as well as the Bay of Gibraltar and the Spanish towns along...
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The Battle of the Strait (Spanish: Batalla del Estrecho) was a military conflict contesting the ports in the Straits of Gibraltar taking place in the late...
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Choke point (section Threats to the Strait of Hormuz)
Afghanistan and Pakistan Strait of Gibraltar along the Atlantic Ocean entering the Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Gibraltar and Morocco) Strait of Dover or English...
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and Spain agreed to explore the construction of an undersea rail tunnel across the Strait of Gibraltar, to connect their rail systems. Alta Velocidad...
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Channel) Tsugaru Strait Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Bonifacio Rottnest Channel Swim (Australia) Cook Strait Swim Miami Beltquerung Otranto Strait Backstairs...
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at various points on the Moroccan coast, and the seizure of shipping in the Strait of Gibraltar. The city was placed under a second siege in 1721 until...
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