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Alboran Sea

westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea
Place marginal_sea Q199408
Alboran Sea
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Summary

Alboran Sea is a marginal sea[1]. It draws 2,240 Wikipedia views per month (marginal sea category, ranking #16 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Algeria[3], Spain[4], United Kingdom[5], Morocco[6]
  • Shares border with: Spain[7], Morocco[8], Algeria[9]
  • Named after: Alboran Island[10]
  • Part of: Mediterranean Sea[11]
  • Commons category: Alboran Sea[12]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Gibraltar Arc[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alboran Sea[14]
  • Described by source: Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[15]
  • Connects with: Strait of Gibraltar[16]
  • Contains: Alboran Island[17]
  • Vertical depth: 1500 m[18]
  • P14541: 1SgPpG[19]

Why It Matters

Alboran Sea has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Algeria Gibraltar Morocco Spain United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . zgbk.com. zgbk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 71
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ary', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ckb', 'cs'
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007561066205171
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1SgPpG
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541) 2"
  3. 20w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 36, 'lon': -3}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id: geografico/1200478"
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