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1 day ago · Middle East. Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. The central part of this general area was formerly called the Near East, a name given to it by some of the first modern Western ...
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1 day ago · A young sea otter looks straight at the lens but won’t be distracted from its meal of giant kelp in Monterey. Bob Western, California, 2017 A humpback whale calf sails through the sapphire-blue ...
2 days ago · Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983.
- 3,640.11 km² (1,405.45 sq mi)
- Mediterranean
- 1,436 m (4711 ft)
- 920,605 (2021 Census)
2 days ago · Barcelona, facing the Mediterranean to the southeast, is located on a plain generally confined by the Besós River (north), the Llobregat River (south), the rocky outcrop of Montjuich (567 feet [173 metres] high), and the semicircle of mountains of which Tibidabo (1,680 feet [512 metres]) is the highest point. Throughout its past Barcelona has ...
3 days ago · Tarragona, Spain - April 16, 2024: Amphitheater of Tarraco by the Sea. Photo about ancient, mediterranean, historical, catalonia, destination, site, travel ...
4 days ago · Area 1,405 square miles (3,640 square km). Majorca, island, Balearic Islands provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain. Majorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which lie in the western Mediterranean Sea. It contains two mountainous regions, each about 50 miles (80 km) in length and occupying the.
