Libyan Sea

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part of the Mediterranean Sea sea

The Libyan Sea is the portion of the Mediterranean Sea lying south of Crete and north of the Libyan coast in North Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cretan Sea 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf part of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
adjacentTo Aegean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Basin ⓘ
Levantine Basin ⓘ
bodyOfWaterType marginal sea ⓘ
open sea ⓘ
borderedBy Crete ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: North African coast
connectedTo Ionian Sea ⓘ
Levantine Basin ⓘ
surface form: Levantine Sea
hasClimateInfluenceOn Libyan coast ⓘ
southern Crete ⓘ
hasCoastlineIn Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
hasFeature deep waters ⓘ
relatively few islands compared to Aegean Sea ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegionOnSouthernBoundary Libya ⓘ
hasMajorIslandOnNorthernBoundary Crete ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasNameLanguage English ⓘ
isGeographicalEntity marine region ⓘ
isPartOfShippingRoute Eastern Mediterranean shipping lanes ⓘ
isSubjectOf Mediterranean maritime history ⓘ
oceanographic studies ⓘ
locatedEastOf Ionian Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Southern Europe ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Libya ⓘ
Libyan coast ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Crete ⓘ
locatedWestOf Levantine Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Libya ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Sea basin
separates Crete ⓘ
Libyan coast ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Hellenic Arc → adjacentTo → Libyan Sea ⓘ
Ierapetra → adjacentTo → Libyan Sea ⓘ
Lasithi regional unit → borders → Libyan Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea → connectedTo → Libyan Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Ionian Sea → connectedTo → Libyan Sea ⓘ
Greek Seas → includes → Libyan Sea ⓘ
Ierapetra → locatedOn → Libyan Sea ⓘ
Crete → sea → Libyan Sea ⓘ