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Alboran Plate
Alboran or Alborán may refer to * Alboran Sea, the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea ** Alboran Island, an islet of Spain ** the Battle of Alborán, which took place in 1540 off the island * Alboran Trio, an Italian jazz piano trio * Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (born 1997), an American tennis player * Pablo Alborán (born 1989), a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter See also * Alborn (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alboran Sea
The Alboran Sea is the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between the Iberian Peninsula and the north of Africa (Spain on the north and Morocco and Algeria on the south). The Strait of Gibraltar, which lies at the west end of the Alboran Sea, connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean. Geography Its average depth is and maximum depth is . The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Alboran Sea as follows: ''On the West.'' The Eastern limit of the Strait of Gibraltar: A line joining from tip (Europa Point) of ''Gibraltar, Cap Gibraltar'' in Europe () to the tip of the ''Península de Almina'' of Ceuta in Africa (). ''On the East.'' A line joining from ''Cabo de Gata'' in Andalusia in Europe () to ''Cap Fegalo'', near Oran, Algeria in Africa (). Several small islands dot the sea, including the eponymous Isla de Alborán. Most, even those close to the African shore, belong to Spain. Geology The Alboran domain, the seafloor ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alboran Island
Alboran Island () is a small islet of Spain (province of Almería) in the Alboran Sea, part of the western Mediterranean Sea, about north of the Moroccan coast and from the Spanish mainland. The main buildings are an automated lighthouse built in the 19th century, a small cemetery, and a harbour. Description The island is a flat platform about above sea level and about in area. off the northeastern end of the island is the small ''islote de La Nube'' (literally, islet of the cloud). Natural history Alboran has a volcanic origin, located in an important seismic zone where the African plate collides with the Eurasian plate. In 1899, a new igneous rock was discovered on Alboran, with the name of alboranite, in honor of the island. The islet has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding population of Audouin's gulls as well as various species of passerines on migration. The wall-rocket species '' Diplotaxis s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Alborán
The battle of Alboran () took place on 1 October 1540 off the isle of Alboran during the Ottoman–Habsburg struggle for control of the Mediterranean when a Spanish fleet under the command of Bernardino de Mendoza destroyed an Ottoman fleet commanded by Ali Hamet, sinking a galley and capturing 10 other ships. Background In mid-1540 the Barbary pirate Ali Hamet, a Sardinian renegade in service of the Ottoman Empire, formed a small fleet at Algiers, as ordered by Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. He assembled three galleys, five galliots, six fustas, and two brigantines, manned by 900 galley slaves and 2,000 Turkish soldiers and Valencian Moriscos under the command of General Caramani, a former slave in the Spanish galleys. In August, knowing that Spanish galleys were in the Balearic Islands, the fleet set sail to the western waters of the Alborán Sea. A few days later a thousand soldiers from the galleys landed on the beach of Gibraltar and attacked the village. Although they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alboran Trio
Alboran Trio is an Italian jazz piano trio consisting of Paolo Paliaga (piano), Gigi Biolcati and now Ferdinando Faraò (drums and percussion) and Dino Contenti (bass). The name is derived from the uninhabited Mediterranean island of Alborán, which lies between the Andalusian coast and North Africa. It is intended both to emphasize a mystical atmosphere of music and to point to the influence of European musical tradition and the African roots of rhythm. The trio was formed in 2004. After a 2005 tour of various Italian cities they released in 2006 their debut album ''Meltemi'', which was on the whole well received by the press followed by several concerts in other European countries. In 2008, they released their second studio album, ''Near Gale''. Both albums were released by German jazz label ACT Music.In 2020 the new CD "Islands" was released Discography *2006: ''Meltemi'' (ACT Music ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. It is a division of ACT M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (; born July 14, 1997) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 107, achieved on January 6, 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 311, achieved in November 2024. Moreno de Alboran has won three ATP Challenger singles titles. Career 2018–2019: College years Moreno de Alboran played collegiate tennis for University of California, Santa Barbara, and he made sporadic appearances on the ITF circuit. 2019–2021: Turned professional He turned professional in 2019, and following a period of inactivity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, he progressed to regular appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour during the second half of the 2021 season. 2022–2023: First Challenger title, ATP, Major and top 125 debuts He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Braga Open in Portugal. He reached the top 200 at world No. 188 on February 20, 2023, following a third Challenger final at the Chennai Open where he lost to Max Purcel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Alborán
Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz (born 31 May 1989), popularly known as Pablo Alborán, is a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter. Throughout his career, Alborán has released five studio albums. His records are distributed by Warner Music Spain which he was signed to in 2013. That year he released " Solamente Tú", the lead single from his 2011 self-titled debut album. The track topped the charts in his home country for two consecutive weeks. The album peaked at number one in its first week of sales, making Alborán the first solo artist to sign a complete debut album to rank to the top since 1998 in Spain. Alborán was nominated for Best New Artist at the 12th Latin Grammy Awards. Alborán's sophomore record '' Tanto'' (2012) spawned the number one singles " Quién" and " El Beso". It received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year. His third studio album '' Terral'' (2014) spawned the chart-topping singles " Por Fin" and " Pasos de Cero" and received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
