Four South-West Asian neighbours sit close together on the map. Only three of them actually touch the Mediterranean Sea.
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Who Touches the Mediterranean, and Who Doesn’t
- Syria, Lebanon, and Israel all have real Mediterranean coastlines.
- Jordan does not. It is landlocked apart from a small stretch of coast at its southern tip.
- Jordan’s only sea access is through the port city of Aqaba, on the Gulf of Aqaba, an arm of the Red Sea.
- That coastline runs for roughly 26 kilometres, Jordan’s entire outlet to the world’s oceans.
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The One South-West Asian Country Without a Mediterranean Coast
- The odd one out Jordan is landlocked except for a short stretch of Red Sea coast at Aqaba. Syria, Lebanon, and Israel all border the Mediterranean directly.
- Answer: (b) Jordan.
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