Alboran Sea

The Alboran Sea is the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between the and the north of . The Strait of Gibraltar, which lies at the west end of the Alboran Sea, connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean.
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Alboran Sea

Latitude
35.9114° or 35° 54′ 41″ north
Longitude
-3.9375° or 3° 56′ 15″ west
Open location code
8C7RW367+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12329056483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­sea
Wiki­data ID
Q199408
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Alboran Sea” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Alboransee”
  • Albanian: “Deti Albor”
  • Albanian: “Deti Alboran”
  • Arabic: “بحر البحران”
  • Arabic: “بحر البوران”
  • Armenian: “Ալբորան ծով”
  • Asturian: “Mar d’Alborán”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alboran dənizi”
  • Basque: “Alboran itsasoa”
  • Basque: “Alborango itsasoa”
  • Basque: “Alborángo itsasoa”
  • Belarusian: “Альбаранскае мора”
  • Belarusian: “мора Альбаран”
  • Belarusian: “Мора Альбаран”
  • Bosnian: “Alboransko more”
  • Breton: “Mor Alborán”
  • Bulgarian: “Алборанско море”
  • Catalan: “mar d’Alboran”
  • Catalan: “mar d’Alborán”
  • Catalan: “Mar d’Alborán”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەریای ئالبۆران”
  • Chechen: “Альборан”
  • Chinese: “Alboran Hái”
  • Chinese: “阿尔沃兰海”
  • Chinese: “阿爾博蘭海”
  • Chinese: “阿爾沃蘭海”
  • Chuvash: “Альборан тинĕсĕ”
  • Croatian: “Alboransko more”
  • Czech: “Alboránské moře”
  • Danish: “Alboranhavet”
  • Dutch: “Alboranzee”
  • Dutch: “Alboránzee”
  • Dutch: “Zee van Alboran”
  • Dutch: “Zee van Alborán”
  • Esperanto: “Alborana Maro”
  • Esperanto: “Maro Alborano”
  • Estonian: “Alboráni meri”
  • Finnish: “Alboraninmeri”
  • Finnish: “Alboráninmeri”
  • French: “mer d’Alboran”
  • French: “Mer d’Alboran”
  • Galician: “mar de Alborán”
  • Galician: “Mar de Alborán”
  • Georgian: “ალბორანის ზღვა”
  • German: “Alborán-Meer”
  • Greek: “Θάλασσα του Αλμποράν”
  • Greek: “Λεκάνη του Αλμποράν”
  • Hausa: “Tekun Alboran”
  • Hebrew: “ים אלבוראן”
  • Hebrew: “ים אלבורן”
  • Hungarian: “Alborán-tenger”
  • Icelandic: “Alboranhaf”
  • Iloko: “Baybay Alboran”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Albora”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Alboran”
  • Italian: “Mar di Alboran”
  • Italian: “Mare di Alborán”
  • Japanese: “アルボラン海”
  • Kabyle: “ilel n Alboran”
  • Korean: “알보란해”
  • Latin: “Ibericum mare”
  • Latin: “Mare Ibericum”
  • Latvian: “Alboranas jūra”
  • Latvian: “Alvoranas jūra”
  • Limburgan: “Zieë van Alborán”
  • Lithuanian: “Alborano jūra”
  • Macedonian: “Алборанско Море”
  • Marathi: “आल्बोरन समुद्र”
  • Mazanderani: “آلبوران”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alboran Hái”
  • Mingrelian: “ალბორანიშ ზუღა”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “بحر البوران”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alboransjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alboransjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Alboransjøen”
  • Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
  • Persian: “دریای آلبوران”
  • Persian: “دریای البوران”
  • Polish: “Morze Alborańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Mar de Alboran”
  • Portuguese: “Mar de Alborán”
  • Portuguese: “Mar de Alborão”
  • Romanian: “Marea Alboran”
  • Russian: “Альборан”
  • Russian: “море Альборан”
  • Russian: “Море Альборан”
  • Scots: “Alboran Sea”
  • Serbian: “Alboransko more”
  • Serbian: “Алборанско море”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alboransko more”
  • Slovenian: “Alboransko morje”
  • Spanish: “mar de Alboran”
  • Spanish: “mar de Alborán”
  • Spanish: “Mar de Alborán”
  • Spanish: “mar de Granada”
  • Swahili: “Bahari ya Alboran”
  • Swedish: “Alboransjön”
  • Swedish: “Alboránsjön”
  • Tatar: “Альборан диңгезе”
  • Turkish: “Alboran Denizi”
  • Ukrainian: “море Альборан”
  • Ukrainian: “Море Альборан”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ البوران”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Alboran”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alboran Sea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dagat Alboran”
  • Welsh: “Môr Alboran”
  • Western Frisian: “Alboransee”
  • Western Frisian: “See fan Alboran”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔沃兰海”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿爾博蘭海”

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