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

• Menorca
• Mallorca
• Cabrera

Pitiusas

• 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

1. Balearic Islands
2. List of seas on Earth
3. Mediterranean Sea
4. Sea of Sardinia
5. Sargasso Sea
6. Philippine Sea
7. Mediterranean seas
8. Red Sea
9. Dead Sea
10. Aral Sea
11. Caspian Sea
12. Arabian Sea
13. Sea
14. Sea of Marmara
15. Sulu Sea
16. Black Sea
17. List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea
18. Persian Gulf
19. Barents Sea
20. Aegean Sea