Mediterranean Sea And Its Borders


  • Countries surrounding the Mediterranian Sea are Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France, and Spain. Malta & Cyprus are the island nations in the Mediterranean. 
  • In addition to the above countries Gaza Strip and the British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar (Iberian Peninsula) and Akrotiri & Dhekelia(Cyprus Island) also lie on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea.
  • It connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar.
  • It connects to the Black Sea via the Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus Strait.
  • In the southeast, the mediterranean sea connects to the Red Sea via the Suez canal.
  • Sea of Marmara is the smallest sea in the world with an area of 11,350km2 and completely lying inside the borders of Turkey.

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