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Alboran Sea
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Find on the world mapPhoto: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) / Wikimedia Commons (resized) Image licenceCC BY 4.0Photograph by Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) / Wikimedia Commons (resized). Display crop may differ from the original.
AT A GLANCE
Alboran Sea in facts
- Deepest point1,500 mbelow the surface
- Ocean basinAtlantic Ocean
- Location36.0°N, 3.4°Wcentre of the mapped area
All geographic & statistical details (6)
- Bathymetric depth profile
- Water type
- Sea
- Part of
- Mediterranean Sea
- Names in other languages
- Alborán-Meer, mar de Alborán, دریای آلبوران, mer d'Alboran, Laut Albora
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Mare di Alborán, アルボラン海, 알보란해, आल्बोरन समुद्र, Alboránzee, Morze Alborańskie, Mar de Alborão, Море Альборан, Alboran Denizi, بحیرہ البوران, Biển Alboran, 阿尔沃兰海, ทะเลอัลโบรัน, بحر البوران - Neighbouring waters
- Mediterranean Sea, Strait of Gibraltar
Facts: Wikidata Q199408, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Basin, shores, neighbouring waters and location are worked out by The Landlore from Natural Earth map shapes.
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Source: Natural Earth marine areas · Public domain · release v5.1.2, retrieved 29 October 2026. Marine areas are generalized cartographic labels, not maritime jurisdiction or EEZ boundaries. Inland waters use the separate Natural Earth lakes layer (public domain, fixed snapshot); water extents may have changed. Names and source categories can include inland waters; alternative names are shown where supplied.
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