Sirte Basin
The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Cenozoic triple junction continental rift along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period.- Petroleum basin
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (290 feet)
- Description: oilfield beneath Sirte province and the Gulf
- Also known as“Sidra Basin”“Surt Basin”“Surt Embayment”
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Latitude
29° north
Longitude
20° east
Open location code
7GX22222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Sirte Basin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حوض سرت”
- Cebuano: “Sirte Basin”
- Italian: “Bacino della Sirte”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syrtebassenget”
- Persian: “میدان نفتی سرت”
- Swedish: “Sirte Basin”
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