Libyan Sea

The Libyan Sea stretches south of Crete towards Cyrenaica and the shores of North Africa. Gavdos lies off the southern Cretan coast, a small island between the mountainous mainland of Crete and the open water to the south. Ancient Greek geographers used the name Libya for a broad expanse of Africa west of Egypt, and gave the sea beyond its coast the same name. The water forms part of the wider eastern Mediterranean.