Camarinal Sill
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The Camarinal Sill is the sill
separating the Mediterranean Sea
and the Atlantic Ocean
.
This threshold is the shallowest seafloor pass between the Iberian Peninsula
and Africa
. It is located near the Gibraltar Strait and the Espartel Sill
, at 35°56′N 5°45′W, at an elevation of −280 m. Marine waters must climb to that depth when flowing between both ocean domains.
Sill (geology)
In geology, a sill is a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. The term sill is synonymous with concordant intrusive sheet...
separating the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
.
This threshold is the shallowest seafloor pass between the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. It is located near the Gibraltar Strait and the Espartel Sill
Espartel Sill
The Espartel Sill is one of the sills separating the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.This threshold is the second shallowest seafloor pass between the Iberian Peninsula and Africa. It is located near the Gibraltar Strait and the Camarinal Sill, at , at an elevation of −300 m...
, at 35°56′N 5°45′W, at an elevation of −280 m. Marine waters must climb to that depth when flowing between both ocean domains.