The Gozo Channel is a short stretch of
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...
separating the Maltese island of
Gozo
Gozo ( ), known in classical antiquity, antiquity as Gaulos, is an island in the Malta#The Maltese archipelago, Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After the Malta Island, island of Malta ...
from the northern tip of
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
.
It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to at its northeastern end. At the centre of the channel are the two islands of
Comino
Comino () is a small island of the Maltese archipelago between the islands of Malta (island), Malta and Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea, measuring in area. Named after the cumin seed, the island has a permanent population of only two residents a ...
(inhabited) and
Cominotto. The
channel serves as a sea route link between the two islands with a ferry service run by
Gozo Channel Line running all year round from the ports of
MÄ¡arr Harbour and
ÄŠirkewwa.
References
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Channels of the Mediterranean Sea
Bodies of water of Malta
Gozo
Coasts of Malta
Channels of Europe
Gozo Channel