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Description	Español: Estrecho de Gibraltar y Mar de Alborán English: Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco and border of Spain as seen from STS-59), image rotated by 90 degree. The Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Gibraltar, and Alboran Sea (the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea) separate Spain on the left from Morocco on the right. Algeciras Harbour is the prominent notch cut out of the eastern end of the north shore of the Strait; the Rock of Gibraltar is the tiny arrowhead that separates the notch from the Alboran Sea. The Sierra Nevada, farther away down the Spanish coast, lives up to its name in this April scene. The difference in elevation between the Sierra Morena and the Guadalquivir River valley is highlighted nicely by cumulus clouds. Tangier, Morocco can be seen as a light-toned spot on the southern shore of the Strait, near the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean.
Source	NASA,
Date	1994-04-14
Author	NASA
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:12, 26 January 2006	447×463 (43 KB)	Alphax	(Cropped version from Image:Strait-of-gibraltar2.jpg)
	11:25, 23 December 2004	478×484 (96 KB)	Jurema Oliveira
	13:58, 18 December 2004	400×300 (22 KB)	Jurema Oliveira

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