Mar Menor is a salty lagoon, in the south-east of the autonomous Community of Murcia, in Spain, separated from Mediterranean sea by a sand bar 22 km length and from a variable width from 100 to 1200 meters. It belongs to four municipalities: Cartagena, Los Alcazares, San Javier y San Pedro del Pinatar. Capital Murcia Official language(s) Spanish; Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 9th 11,313 km² 2. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... For other places of the same name, see Cartagena. ... Murcia-San Javier Airport (IATA: MJV, ICAO: LELC) is a military air base and civilian passenger airport located in San Javier, 17 miles south of Murcia, Spain. ... San Pedro del Pinatar (coordinates: ) is a small town and municipality in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain, Europe. ...
Satellite view of the Mar Menor
With nearly 170 km² of surface and 70 km of coasts, a clear water and heat which does not exceed 7 m of depth, it is "the largest swimming pool of the world" according to the opinions of the famous swimmer and actress of Hollywood Esther Williams. Remarkable sporting infrastructures make this one of the most popular places in Europe for the practice and training of all kinds of water sports. Its northern part is a natural reserve. Phoenicians initially, then the Moorish Kings, chose this "small sea" to install their summer residences here. Today, this place attracts all those which seek a quiet place (except Festival period!!!) to rest and relax, with ideal climatic conditions all year round. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 545 pixelsFull resolution (3032 × 2064 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 545 pixelsFull resolution (3032 × 2064 pixel, file size: 1. ... Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921[1][2] or 1922[3]) is a retired United States competitive swimmer and movie star, famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving. ...
At the northern end there is a wetland of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. So it's very interesting visit the natural reserve of "Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar" The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ...
MarMenor (Minor Sea) is at the south-est of the Murcia region, where Lo Pagan is situated at the north, into the coast of MarMenor, very close to the Mediterranean Sea.
The particular climatic conditions of the MarMenor, the long hours of sunlight and the high level of salt n the water, have created, in the farth north part of the lake, known as La Puntica, a mud known for its therapeutic value.
The MarMenor is a lake with a very high level of salt.
The MarMenor is a hypersaline coastallagoon of 135 Km2 in surface area, located at the SE of the Iberian Peninsula, between the parallels 37º 38’ and 37º 50’ North latitude and the meridians 0º 43’ and 0º 57’ West longitude.
The modification of the sea level will lead to important consequences for low coasts such as the MarMenor, in which the backward movement of the coast is ranked at around a meter per centimetre of rise in sea level.
The MarMenorlagoon is an accumulation coast dominated by sedimentation rather than erosion, although in some specific places erosive phenomena are quite evident, emphasizing the full exterior of La Manga.
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