Atlas Nacional de España — Clima y agua
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Approximate 14 km minimum width and oceanographic characteristics.
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Every major claim is supported by official organisations or scientific literature. The site does not use news headlines as geological evidence.
Evidence for a developing plate boundary in the western Mediterranean
Nature Communications
Regional convergence of 4.5 ± 1 mm/yr and a complex contractional system.
Open source ↗Dynamics of the Gibraltar Arc System
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Complex interaction among convergence, slab dynamics and mantle flow.
Open source ↗Información sísmica
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Spain’s official earthquake catalogue, maps and documentation.
Open source ↗Earthquake Catalog API
U.S. Geological Survey
GeoJSON service used by the automated dashboard.
Open source ↗Dispositivos de separación de tráfico
Salvamento Marítimo
Tarifa is Spain’s busiest traffic separation scheme.
Open source ↗Mandatory ship reporting system in the Strait of Gibraltar
International Maritime Organization
Coverage and operation of the GIBREP reporting system.
Open source ↗The Gibraltar Corridor: Watergate of the Messinian Salinity Crisis
Marine Geology
Review of Atlantic–Mediterranean connectivity during the late Miocene.
Open source ↗Kilometric sea level changes during the Messinian salinity crisis
Science Advances
Recent evidence on extreme Mediterranean changes during the salinity crisis.
Open source ↗Proyecto del enlace fijo
SECEGSA
Official documentation for the Europe–Africa fixed-link project.
Open source ↗Campaña de investigación del fondo marino
Boletín Oficial del Estado
SECEGSA–CSIC agreement for 2025–2026 geological research campaigns.
Open source ↗Spanish Maritime Strategy 2025–2050
Ministerio de Transportes
Official framework covering trade, supply security and maritime resilience.
Open source ↗2025 traffic: a decade above 100 million tonnes
Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras
Scale and continuity of the main port node on the northern shore.
Open source ↗Port Activity Report 2025
Tanger Med Port Authority
More than 11.1 million containers handled in 2025.
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