Balearic Sea

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Location of the Balearic Sea
Limits of the Balearic Sea

The Balearic Sea or Iberian Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea near the Balearic Islands.[1] The Ebro River flows into this small sea.

Extent

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows:[2]

Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded:

On the Southwest. A line from Cape San Antonio, Spain (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) to Cabo Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Islas Baleares).

On the Southeast. The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Isla Cabrera (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and to Isla del Aire, off the Southern extreme of Minorca.

On the Northeast. The East coast of Minorca up to Cap Favaritx (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) thence a line to Cabo San Sebastian (Spain) (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).

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