The area in the southwestern Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique on the African continent. It is about 1,600 km from north to south, 950 km wide at its widest point, and 400 km wide at its narrowest point. It is about 3,000 m deep at its deepest point. The warm Mozambique Current flows from north to south. At the northern end are the three islands that make up the Comoros and Mayotte, an overseas department of France. Many ships from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe have passed through this area since ancient times, and it is still a sea route connecting the Arabian Sea and the Atlantic Ocean today. There are major ports such as Nacala, Beira, Porto Amelia, Mozambique, Maputo on the Mozambique side, and Mahajanga and Triari on the Madagascar side. At the end of 1971, the first signs of undersea oil fields were found on the continental shelf of the east coast of Africa south of Suez, and natural gas deposits were also discovered. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
インド洋南西部,マダガスカル島とアフリカ大陸のモザンビークとの間の海域。南北約 1600km,最大幅約 950km,最小幅約 400km。最深部約 3000m。北から南へ暖流のモザンビーク海流が流れる。北端部にはコモロを構成する三つの島と,フランス海外県のマヨット島がある。古くからアジア,アラブ,ヨーロッパの船が多く通過し,今日でもアラビア海と大西洋を結ぶ航路となっている。モザンビーク側にはナカラ,ベイラ,ポルトアメリア,モザンビーク,マプト,マダガスカル側にはマハジャンガ,トリアリーなどの主要港がある。1971年末,スエズ以南のアフリカ東海岸の大陸棚では最初の海底油田の兆候が認められ,天然ガス層も発見された。
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