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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.
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The current morphology of the strait is characterized by two aquatic sills: the Camarinal Sill, which is 284 m (932 ft) at its deepest point, and the deeper Espartel Sill [47] farther west. The narrowest part of the strait is located east of either sill, [48] and it is considerably deeper than the sills. [47]
The strait's maximum depth is about 250 m (820 ft). The strait has strong tidal currents that create a unique marine ecosystem. [1] The rock in the town of Scilla, Calabria at the north of the strait and a natural whirlpool in the northern portion of the strait have been linked to the Greek legend of Scylla and Charybdis. [2]
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English: Map of the region of Sicily, Italy (English version) Date: 31 July 2010: Source: Own work: Author: Vonvikken: Other versions . W3C-validity not checked.
The geology of Sicily (a large island located at Italy's southwestern end) records the collision of the Eurasian and the African plates during westward-dipping subduction of the African slab since late Oligocene. [1] [2] Major tectonic units are the Hyblean foreland, the Gela foredeep, the Apenninic-Maghrebian orogen, and the Calabrian Arc.
English: Map of the region of Sicily, Italy (Italian version) Date: 31 July 2010: Source: Own work: Author: Vonvikken: Other versions . W3C-validity not checked.