Western Mediterranean

E29795

region sea area

The Western Mediterranean is the western portion of the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding coastal regions, encompassing areas such as the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, and parts of Italy and North Africa.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Western Mediterranean canonical	30
western Mediterranean Sea	23
Western Mediterranean Sea	6
northwestern Mediterranean Sea	2
Mediterranean	1
Western Mediterranean Basin	1
western Mediterranean	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region ⓘ sea area ⓘ
borders	Algeria ⓘ Corsica ⓘ France ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italy ⓘ Italy ⓘ surface form: Italy (country) Morocco ⓘ Sardinia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Spain ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ Southern France ⓘ surface form: southern France
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedBy	Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ Strait of Sicily ⓘ
connectedTo	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
containsIsland	Balearic Islands ⓘ Corsica ⓘ Sardinia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
hasFeature	deep basins ⓘ narrow continental shelves ⓘ
hasPart	Alboran Sea ⓘ Balearic Sea ⓘ Ligurian Sea ⓘ Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor	cultural exchange between Europe and North Africa ⓘ maritime trade routes ⓘ naval conflicts ⓘ
influences	climate of surrounding coastal regions ⓘ
knownFor	fisheries ⓘ intense maritime traffic ⓘ tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedOn	African Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ
majorPort	Algiers ⓘ Barcelona ⓘ Genoa ⓘ Marseille ⓘ Tunis ⓘ Valencia ⓘ
opensTo	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
seaSurface	saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italic languages → geographicDistribution → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Punic Wars → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Latin → regionHistoricallySpoken → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Magna Graecia → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Strait of Gibraltar → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Sardinia → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Corsica → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Ligurian Sea → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Balearic Sea → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Balearic Sea → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Mediterranean Basin

Alboran Sea → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Balearic Islands → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Gulf of Lion → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Second Punic War → location → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Genseric → regionOfActivity → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Mediterranean Fleet → areaOfOperations → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Aragonese florin → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Kingdom of Majorca → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 → geographicalContext → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Tyrrhenian region → seaConnection → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Gulf of Tunis → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Maddalena Archipelago naval facilities → geopoliticalRegion → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Strait of Bonifacio → connects → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Strait of Bonifacio → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Nuragic civilization → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Gulf of Oran → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Carthaginian Empire → sphereOfInfluence → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Palma de Mallorca → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Palma de Mallorca Airport → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Santanyí → locatedInSeaRegion → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Alboran–Balearic Basin → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Gulf of Valencia → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Vavilov Seamount → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Alboran gyre → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Magnaghi Seamount → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Magnaghi Seamount → isInRegion → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean

Central Mediterranean → connects → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Alborán Island → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Iberian Plate → adjacentTo → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Strait of Sicily → connects → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Port of Savona → maritimeZone → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

Classis Misenensis → primaryTheaterOfOperations → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Carthaginian navy → operatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Mediterranean Sea

Battle of Mylae → theatre → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Mediterranean Sea

Battle of Naulochus → theater → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Pityusic Islands → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Battle of Cape Hermaeum → theatre → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Mediterranean Sea

Eastern Iberian Peninsula → maritimeOrientation → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mediterranean

Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey → location → Western Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea

Diocese of Africa → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Western Mediterranean ⓘ