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The Strait of Messina is a focal point in the migrations of birds every year, who mainly cross the strait to reach their breeding grounds in northern Europe. Due to this form of bottleneck more than 300 species are recorded in the area, which is a major European hot spot for raptors , with a record of 35,000 in one spring.
The Strait of Messina Bridge ... A similar distance separates Pezzo and Ganzirri; at that point, the strait is only 72 m (236 ft) deep, while in other places it can ...
The Strait of Sicily (also known as Sicilian Strait, Sicilian Channel, Channel of Sicily, Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel; Italian: Canale di Sicilia or the Stretto di Sicilia; Sicilian: Canali di Sicilia or Strittu di Sicilia, Arabic: مضيق صقلية Maḍīq Ṣiqillīyah or مضيق الوطن القبلي Maḍīq al-Waṭan al-Qiblī) is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia.
Some of the better-known long-distance swims are crossings of the English Channel, Catalina Channel, [2] Fehmarn Belt [3] and Cook Strait. Ultra-long-distance swimming is sometimes referred to as marathon swimming. The minimum distance that constitutes a marathon swim has dramatically shortened over time.
Strait of Bonifacio: between Corsica and Sardinia: 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) Mediterranean Sea (proper) no name: between Sardinia and Sicily: about 290 kilometres (180 mi) Mediterranean Sea (proper) Strait of Messina: between Sicily and Calabria on the toe of Italy: 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) Ionian Sea
Some experienced marathoners requested more data surrounding the conditions and execution of her 110-mile, 52-hour swim from Cuba to Florida, The Guardian and The New York Times reported at the ...
The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven open water channel swims. It was devised in 2008 as the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It comprises the North Channel , the Cook Strait , the Molokaʻi Channel , the English Channel , the Catalina Channel , the Tsugaru Strait and the Strait ...
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