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Porta Lacrimarum
fretum inter Asiam et Africam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porta Lacrimarum[1] (Arabice باب المندب Bab-el-Mandeb[2]) est fretum inter Iemeniam in Paeninsula Arabica et Gibutum et Erythraeam in Cornu Africae situm, quod Mare Erythraeum cum Sinu Adenensi coniungit. Hoc corpus aquae est usque ad 609 pedes altum, 31 milia passuum longum, locoque angustissimo 18 milia passuum latum.
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Appellatur hic locus transitorius ex periculis suae navigationis, vel, secundum legendum Arabicum, ex multitudine qui per terraemotum qui Paeninsulam Arabicam a Cornu Africae separavit demersi sunt..[3]
Porta Lacrimarum nexui commodo inter Oceanum Indicum et Mare Mediterraneum per Mare Erythraeum et Canalem Suesiensem prodest.