• Source: Balearic Sea

The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain. The Ebro River flows into this small sea.




Islands and archipelagoes


The Balearic islands are divided into two groups: Gimnesias in the northeast, and Pitiusas in the southwest.




= Gimnesias

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Menorca
Mallorca
Cabrera




= Pitiusas

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Ibiza
Formentera




Extent


The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows:

Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded:
On the Southwest. A line from Cape Sant Antoni, Valencian Community (38°50′N 0°12′E) to Cape Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Balearic Islands).
On the Southeast. The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Cabrera, Balearic Islands (39°07′N 2°54′E) and to Illa de l'Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca.
On the Northeast. The East coast of Menorca up to Cap Favaritx (40°00′N 4°14′E) thence a line to Cape Sant Sebastià Catalonia (41°54′N 3°10′E).




See also


Gulf of Cádiz
Gulf of Lion




References

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• Penggunting-laut balearic
• Daftar laut di dunia
• Tallink
• Menorca
• Bantuan kemanusiaan untuk korban gempa bumi Samudra Hindia 2004
• Balearic Sea
• Balearic Islands
• List of seas on Earth
• Mediterranean Sea
• Sargasso Sea
• Mediterranean seas
• Aral Sea
• Sea of Sardinia
• Caspian Sea
• Barents Sea