Mar Menor

Mar Menor is a coastal saltwater lagoon in the located south-east of the Autonomous Community of , , near . Its name is the opposite of the Mediterranean, which is the Mar Mayor of the region.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Perdiguera Island and Playa de la Hita.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Los Alcázares and La Manga.
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is a town.
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is a seaside spit of Mar Menor on the coast of .
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is a town of some 32,000 inhabitants in in the southeast of Spain.

Mar Menor

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Latitude
37.73434° or 37° 44′ 4″ north
Longitude
-0.79977° or 0° 47′ 59″ west
Open location code
8C9XP6M2+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5275216385
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2513928
Wiki­data ID
Q1553876

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mar Menor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البحر الصغير”
  • Arabic: “مار مينور”
  • Basque: “Mar Menor”
  • Belarusian: “Мар-Менор”
  • Catalan: “Mar Menor”
  • Cebuano: “Mar Menor”
  • Czech: “Mar Menor”
  • Dutch: “Mar Menor”
  • French: “Mar Menor”
  • Galician: “Mar Menor”
  • German: “Mar Menor”
  • Irish: “Mar Menor”
  • Italian: “Mar Menor”
  • Japanese: “マール・メノール”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mar Menor”
  • Norwegian: “Mar Menor”
  • Persian: “مار منور”
  • Polish: “Mar Menor”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Menor”
  • Russian: “Мар-Менор”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mar Menor”
  • Slovenian: “Mar Menor”
  • Spanish: “Mar Menor”
  • Swedish: “Mar Menor”
  • Ukrainian: “Мар-Менор”

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Notable Places Nearby

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