Two different islands are situated within the sea, namely, Malta and Cyprus.
2. The Mediterranean Sea consists of several smaller seas, the most well-known ones being the Balearic Sea, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Alboran Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the Sea of Marmara.
3. The Mediterranean Sea is more than five million years old.
4. The name Mediterranean means “center of the Earth.”
5. The average depth of the Mediterranean Sea is 4,900 feet.