Strait of Gibraltar
Africa-Europe water gap
The Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, separating the southern tip of Spain from the northern coast of Morocco.
At its narrowest point, the strait spans only about 8 miles, making it one of the world's most strategically important maritime passages.
The British territory of Gibraltar sits on its northern shore.
The strait has been a crossroads of trade, migration, and military activity for thousands of years.
- Pillars of HerculesTwin promontories at strait
- MoroccoNorthwest African kingdom
- channelPassage for transmission
- narrow passageConfined path between barriers
- North AfricaContinent's Mediterranean coastal region
westerly winds · Spain · Phoenicians · sea crossing · choke point · shipping · trade route · passage · waterway · wind · territorial waters · maritime · English Channel · Bosphorus · ocean current · navigation · ancient mariners · confluence
- Iberian WatersTagus, Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay, Cantabrian Sea, coastal lagoons
- Mediterranean WatersMediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Dardanelles
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- Eurasian GeographyHimalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Ganges River, Yangtze River
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream
Strait of GibraltarAtlantic Ocean
Second-largest marine body
open ocean · Pacific Ocean · high seas · Mediterranean Sea · open sea
Strait of Gibraltarland bridge
Terrain joining two continents
Isthmus of Panama · isthmus · Sinai Peninsula · dam · barrier
strait, straits, straitjacket, straitened, straiten, Gibraltar