The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and the mainland of Spain.[1] The Ebro River flows into this small sea.

Islands and archipelagoes

The Balearic islands are divided into two groups: Gimnesias in the northeast, and Pitiusas in the southwest.[2]

Gimnesias

• Menorca
• Mallorca
• Cabrera

Pitiusas

• Ibiza
• Formentera

Extent

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows:[3]

Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded:

On the Southwest. A line from Cape Sant Antoni, Valencian Community (38°50′N 0°12′E) to Cape Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Balearic Islands).

On the Southeast. The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Cabrera, Balearic Islands (39°07′N 2°54′E) and to Illa de l'Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca.

On the Northeast. The East coast of Menorca up to Cap Favaritx (40°00′N 4°14′E) thence a line to Cape Sant Sebastià Catalonia (41°54′N 3°10′E).

See also

• Gulf of Cádiz
• Gulf of Lion

References

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[es] Mar Balear

[ru] Балеарское море