Images of
Mediterranean Sea Area
Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar photographed by NASA. Part of
Spain can be seen above and Africa, below, in the photo.
Eastern
Mediterranean Sea Area (above). The lands of the eastern Mediterranean Sea are
featured in this spectacular, high-oblique, north-looking photograph. The island
of Cyprus, near the center of the photograph, is partially obscured by dust;
north of Cyprus is Turkey. The whitish object north of Cyprus and just north of
the Turkish coast is Tuz Lake, a shallow, salt lake located in the middle of the
Konya Plain of central Turkey. North-northeast of Cyprus is the Gulf of
Alexandria, surrounded by the darker-colored Taurus Mountains. The coasts of
Syria, Lebanon, and Israel are visible east and southeast of Cyprus. The
dark-green Nile River Delta, bordered by the yellowish-orange sands of the
Egyptian desert, can be seen along the coast west of Israel. The line just east
of the delta traversing southward from the blue Mediterranean Sea is the Suez
Canal. East of the canal, the border is a straight line between the brown
vegetated lands of Israel and the brighter yellowish sands of the northern
desert of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Slightly east-northeast of the border
are the pale blue waters of the Dead Sea. Cairo, Egypt, is the darkish-gray
smudge near the apex of the Nile River Delta (NASA - June 1993).
Eastern
Mediterranean Sea Area (above). The lands of the eastern Mediterranean Sea are
featured in this spectacular, high-oblique, north-looking photograph. The island
of Cyprus, near the center of the photograph, is partially obscured by dust;
north of Cyprus is Turkey. The whitish object north of Cyprus and just north of
the Turkish coast is Tuz Lake, a shallow, salt lake located in the middle of the
Konya Plain of central Turkey. North-northeast of Cyprus is the Gulf of
Alexandria, surrounded by the darker-colored Taurus Mountains. The coasts of
Syria, Lebanon, and Israel are visible east and southeast of Cyprus. The
dark-green Nile River Delta, bordered by the yellowish-orange sands of the
Egyptian desert, can be seen along the coast west of Israel. The line just east
of the delta traversing southward from the blue Mediterranean Sea is the Suez
Canal. East of the canal, the border is a straight line between the brown
vegetated lands of Israel and the brighter yellowish sands of the northern
desert of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Slightly east-northeast of the border
are the pale blue waters of the Dead Sea. Cairo, Egypt, is the darkish-gray
smudge near the apex of the Nile River Delta (NASA - June 1993).
Images of
Mediterranean Sea Area
Eastern
Mediterranean Sea Area (above). The lands of the eastern Mediterranean Sea are
featured in this spectacular, high-oblique, north-looking photograph. The island
of Cyprus, near the center of the photograph, is partially obscured by dust;
north of Cyprus is Turkey. The whitish object north of Cyprus and just north of
the Turkish coast is Tuz Lake, a shallow, salt lake located in the middle of the
Konya Plain of central Turkey. North-northeast of Cyprus is the Gulf of
Alexandria, surrounded by the darker-colored Taurus Mountains. The coasts of
Syria, Lebanon, and Israel are visible east and southeast of Cyprus. The
dark-green Nile River Delta, bordered by the yellowish-orange sands of the
Egyptian desert, can be seen along the coast west of Israel. The line just east
of the delta traversing southward from the blue Mediterranean Sea is the Suez
Canal. East of the canal, the border is a straight line between the brown
vegetated lands of Israel and the brighter yellowish sands of the northern
desert of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Slightly east-northeast of the border
are the pale blue waters of the Dead Sea. Cairo, Egypt, is the darkish-gray
smudge near the apex of the Nile River Delta (NASA - June 1993).
Part of Italy
(Source
U.S. Geological Survey)
Country
Maps
