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.C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Balearic Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC 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 () 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 () and to Illa de l'Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca.
On the Northeast. The East coast of Menorca up to Cap Favaritx () thence a line to Cape Sant Sebastià Catalonia ().
See also Gulf of Cádiz Gulf of Lion
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