Gulf of Gabes
The Gulf of Gabes, also known as Lesser Syrtis, contrasting with the Greater Syrtis in Libya, is a gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Gulf
- Description: bay in Tunisia
- Also known as: “Cabes”, “Cabès”, “Cabes Gulf”, “Gabes Gulf”, “Gaps”, “Golfe de Qabès”, “Golfo de Gabēs”, “Gulf of Gabès”, “Gulf of Qabès”, “Khalij Gabès”, and “Syrtis Minor”
Gulf of Gabes
- Categories: gulf and body of water
- Location: Gabès Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Gulf of Gabes” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Golf van Gabes”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σύρτις μικρά”
- Arabic: “خليج قابس”
- Arabic: “خليج قابس”
- Asturian: “Golfu de Gabés”
- Basque: “Gabesko golkoa”
- Belarusian: “Габес”
- Belarusian: “Габескі заліў”
- Belarusian: “Заліў Габес”
- Belarusian: “Малы Сірт”
- Belarusian: “Малы Сырт”
- Bulgarian: “Габес (залив)”
- Bulgarian: “Габес”
- Catalan: “Golf de Gabes”
- Catalan: “golf de Gabès”
- Catalan: “Golf de Gabès”
- Cebuano: “Gulf of Gabes”
- Chinese: “加貝斯灣”
- Chinese: “加贝斯湾”
- Czech: “Gábeský záliv”
- Czech: “Khalîdj Gabès”
- Czech: “Malá Syrta”
- Dutch: “Golf van Gabes”
- Dutch: “Golf van Gabès”
- Esperanto: “Minora Sirto”
- Finnish: “Gabèsin lahti”
- Finnish: “Gabesinlahti”
- Finnish: “Gabèsinlahti”
- Finnish: “Golfe de Gabes”
- Finnish: “Golfe de Gabēs”
- Finnish: “Vähä-Syrtti”
- French: “golfe de Gabes”
- French: “golfe de Gabès”
- French: “Golfe de Gabès”
- French: “Petite Syrte”
- French: “Syrte mineur”
- French: “Syrte mineure”
- Galician: “Golfo de Gabes”
- German: “Golf von Gabes”
- German: “Golf von Gabès”
- German: “Kleine Syrte”
- German: “Syrtis Minor”
- Greek: “Κόλπος Γκαμπές”
- Greek: “Κόλπος Κάμπις”
- Greek: “Κόλπος του Γκαμπές”
- Greek: “Μικρά Σύρτις”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ גאבס”
- Hungarian: “Gabèsi-öböl”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Gabes”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Gabès”
- Italian: “Golfo di Gabes”
- Italian: “Golfo di Gabès”
- Italian: “Piccola Sirte”
- Japanese: “ガベス湾”
- Japanese: “ガベズ湾”
- Korean: “가베스만”
- Latin: “Syrtis minor”
- Latvian: “Gābisas līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Gabeso įlanka”
- Luxembourgish: “Golf vu Gabès”
- Luxembourgish: “Syrtis Minor”
- Malay: “Teluk Gabes”
- Malay: “Teluk Gabès”
- Mazanderani: “قابس دریامونا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabesbukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabésbukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabèsbukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabesbukten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabèsbukten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lille Syrte”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vesle Syrte”
- Norwegian: “Gabèsbukten”
- Persian: “خلیج قابس”
- Polish: “Mała Syrta”
- Polish: “Zatoka Kabis”
- Polish: “Zatoka Kabiska”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Gabes”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Gabès”
- Russian: “Габес”
- Russian: “Габесский залив”
- Russian: “Малый Сирт”
- Russian: “Малый Сырт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gabeski zaljev”
- Slovak: “Malá Syrta”
- Slovenian: “Gabeški zaliv”
- Slovenian: “Khalīj Qābis”
- Slovenian: “Mala Sirta”
- Slovenian: “Syrtis Minor”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Gabes”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Gabés”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Gabès”
- Swedish: “Gabèsbukten”
- Swedish: “Lilla Syrten”
- Turkish: “Gabis Körfezi”
- Turkish: “Kabis Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Габес (затока)”
- Ukrainian: “Габес”
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh Gabès”
- Welsh: “Gwlff Gabes”
- Welsh: “Gwlff Gabès”
- Western Frisian: “Golf fan Gabès”
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