Opened in 1869, the canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. It provides the fastest crossing between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties of fish and almost 10 per cent of the world's marine species. Its coastline is one of the most densely populated ...

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties ... is the only location in the Atlantic region where both pregnant females and newly born great whites have ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

TASS/. The missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov has entered the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar after accomplishing long-distance deployment missions in the Mediterranean Sea ...

Marine debris in the deepest Mediterranean Sea ... North Atlantic. Canyons and seamounts are the major accumulation points ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea ... transport by ocean currents and direct dumping ...

The bottom of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112-metre deep depression in the Ionian Sea ... or moved by gravity, ocean currents and other oceanographic factors. Today, the Mediterranean is a marine ...