Balearic Sea


The Balearic Sea is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea near the Balearic Islands. The Ebro River flows into this small sea.

Islands and archipelagoes

are divided into 2 groups : Gimnesias in the North, and Pitiusas in the South-West.

Gimnesias

The International Hydrographic Organization defines 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 to Cabo Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera.
On the Southeast. The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Isla Cabrera and to Isla del Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca.
On the Northeast. The East coast of Menorca up to Cap Favaritx thence a line to Cabo San Sebastian .