Costa Ártabra, or Golfo Ártabro, is a coastal area of Galicia, Spain. It is comprised between the

costa da Morte Costa da Morte (; "Coast of Death") is a part of the Galician coast. The most common definition of the Costa da Morte states that it extends from Cape Finisterre to Malpica, although some may debate it extends from Muros to A Coruña. Backg ...

and the

Rías Altas Rías Altas (also called "Upper Rias") is the northernmost of three sections of '' A Costa do Marisco'' (the Seafood Coast) in Galicia, Spain. It extends from the port of Ribadeo to Santa Cruz. The Upper Rias refers to the coast of the northe ...

; it has a maximum width of 5,800 metres, and a depth of 5,600 metres corresponding to the mouth of the at Santa Cristina beach. Other rivers which have their mouth in the gulf include and . The Romans knew it as ''Portus Magnus Artaborum''.

Pomponius Mela Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest known Roman geographer. He was born at the end of the 1st century BC in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died AD 45. His short work (''De situ orbis libri III.'') remained in use nea ...

is a Roman historian who also wrote about the area in the year AD 43. Costa Ártabra also the name of a nature reserve, a "

Special Area of Conservation A special area of conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the ''Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora''. They are to protect the 220 habitats and ap ...

". This is one of the areas in which the rare

Kerry Slug The Kerry slug or Kerry spotted slug (''Geomalacus maculosus'') is a species of terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc. It is a medium-to-large sized, air-breathing land slug in the Family (biology), family of roundback slugs, Arionidae. Ad ...

is known to occur.

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