near the Balearic Islands
. In the Catalan language the area is also known as the Catalan-Balearic Sea (Mar Catalanobalear).
The Ebro
River flows into this small sea.
Extent
The International Hydrographic Organizationdefines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows:
Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded:
On the Southwest. A line from Cape San Antonio, Spain
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(38°50′N 0°12′E) to Cabo Berberia, the Southwest extreme of FormenteraFormenteraFormentera is the smaller and more southerly island of the Pine Islands group , which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community .-Geography:...
(Islas BalearesBalearic IslandsThe Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
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On the Southeast. The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Isla Cabrera
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(39°07′N 2°54′E) and to Isla del Aire, off the Southern extreme of MinorcaMinorcaMin Orca or Menorca is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. It takes its name from being smaller than the nearby island of Majorca....
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On the Northeast. The East coast of Minorca up to Cabo Favaritx (40°00′N 4°14′E) thence a line to Cabo San Sebastian (Spain) (41°54′N 3°10′E).