Gozo Canal
| Gozo Canal | ||
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| Connects waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| with water | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Separates land mass | Malta | |
| of land mass | Gozo | |
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| Geographical location | 36 ° 0 ′ 15 ″ N , 14 ° 19 ′ 12 ″ E | |
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| length | 7 km | |
| Smallest width | 4.4 km | |
| Coastal towns | Ċirkewwa , Mġarr | |
| Islands | Comino , Cominotto | |
The Gozo Canal ( Maltese Il-Fliegu ta 'Ghawdex ) is the strait between the Mediterranean islands of Malta in the southeast and Gozo in the northwest.
geography
The Gozo Canal is between 4.4 and 6.5 kilometers wide and about 7 kilometers long. In it lie the island of Comino - with an area of 3 km² the third largest in Malta - and the rocky Cominotto .
traffic
Between Cirkewwa in Malta and Mgarr in Gozo runs a car ferry to the Gozo Channel Line . Merchant ships and ships over 50 m in length are not allowed to pass through the Gozo Canal.
Important Bird Area
The Gozo Canal and the adjacent waters from Ta 'Cenc on Gozo in the west to Rdum tal-Madonna on Malta in the east are designated by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (NU020). The endangered Mediterranean shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan ) and the yellow-billed shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea ) are particularly in need of protection . The strait is an important resting place on the bird migration of the potentially endangered bog duck ( Aythya nyroca ) as well as the common duck and the pintail .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sailing Directions. Pub. 140: North Atlantic Ocean and Adjacent Seas (Planning Guide) (PDF; 10.47 MB), Fifteenth Edition, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Għawdex marine on the BirdLife International website, accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ Puffinus yelkouan in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2015 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2015. Accessed July 8 2016th
- ↑ Aythya nyroca in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2015 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2015. Accessed July 8 2016th