The document describes several coastal regions and bodies of water along the coasts of Africa and surrounding areas. It provides details on the Grain Coast, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Bight of Benin, Delta of Niger regions in West Africa. Additionally, it gives information on the Gulf of Guinea, Delta of Nile, Gulf of Gabes, Gulf of Sirte, Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Aden, Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, Sinai Peninsula, Mozambique Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, and Cape Verde.
3. GRAIN COAST
• GRAIN COAST, SECTION OF THE WESTERN COAST OF THE GULF
OF GUINEA, IN AFRICA, EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY FROM
CAPE MESURADO TO CAPE PALMAS—IN PRESENT-DAY
LIBERIA—ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CESTOS (CESS) RIVER. IT
WAS PRIMARILY A SPHERE OF AFRO-PORTUGUESE TRADE. THE
NAME OF THE COAST ORIGINATES IN THE EARLY TRADE IN THE
SPICE KNOWN AS GRAINS OF PARADISE
4. IVORY COAST
• THE GOLD COAST IS THE GOLD RICH REGION
THAT IS NOW THE NATION OF GHANA ON THE
PETROLEUM SWEET CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL
GAS RICH GULF OF GUINEA IN WEST AFRICA,
AFRICA.
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5. GOLD COAST
• THE GOLD COAST WAS A BRITISH COLONY ON THE GULF OF
GUINEA IN WEST AFRICA FROM 1867 TO ITS INDEPENDENCE AS
THE NATION OF GHANA IN 1957.
• THE GOLD COAST IS THE GOLD RICH REGION THAT IS NOW THE
NATION OF GHANA ON THE PETROLEUM SWEET CRUDE OIL AND
NATURAL GAS RICH GULF OF GUINEA IN WEST AFRICA, AFRICA.
6. THE BIGHT OF BENIN OR BAY OF BENIN IS A
BIGHT IN THE GULF OF GUINEA AREA ON THE
WESTERN AFRICAN COAST.
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8. DELTA OF NIGER
• THE NIGER DELTA IS THE DELTA OF THE NIGER RIVER SITTING DIRECTLY ON THE GULF OF GUINEA ON THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN IN NIGERIA.
• THE GULF OF GUINEA IS THE NORTHEASTERNMOST PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN BETWEEN
CAPE LOPEZ IN GABON, NORTH AND WEST TO CAPE PALMAS IN LIBERIA.
• THE INTERSECTION OF THE EQUATOR AND PRIME MERIDIAN (ZERO DEGREES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE)
IS IN THE GULF.
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11. DELTA OF NILE
• IS THE DELTA FORMED IN
NORTHERN EGYPT (LOWER
EGYPT) WHERE THE NILE
RIVER SPREADS OUT AND
DRAINS INTO THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
12. GULF OF GABES
• ALSO KNOWN AS LESSER SYRTIS,
CONTRASTING WITH THE GREATER
SYRTIS IN LIBYA, IS A GULF ON
TUNISIA'S EAST COAST IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA, OFF NORTH
AFRICA.
13. GULF OF SIRTE
• GULF OF SIRTE, OR GULF OF SIDRA
AFTER THE PORT OF SIDRA, IS A
BODY OF WATER IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE
NORTHERN COAST OF LIBYA.
HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN ALSO
KNOWN AS THE GREAT SIRTE OR
GREATER SYRTIS.
16. STRAIT BAB-EL
MANDIT
• THE BAB-EL-MANDEB {GATE OF TEARS}
OR MANDEB STRAIT[B] IS A STRAIT
LOCATED BETWEEN YEMEN ON THE
ARABIAN PENINSULA, AND DJIBOUTI AND
ERITREA IN THE HORN OF AFRICA. IT
CONNECTS THE RED SEA TO THE GULF OF
ADEN.
17. SINAI PENISULA
• IS A PENINSULA IN EGYPT, SITUATED
BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE
NORTH AND THE RED SEA TO THE SOUTH,
SERVING AS A LAND BRIDGE BETWEEN ASIA
AND AFRICA.
19. STRAIT OF
GIBRALTAR
• THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR IS A NARROW
STRAIT THAT CONNECTS THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND
SEPARATES GIBRALTAR AND PENINSULAR
SPAIN IN EUROPE FROM MOROCCO AND
CEUTA IN AFRICA.
20. CAPE VERDE
• IS AN ISLAND COUNTRY SPANNING
AN ARCHIPELAGO OF 10 VOLCANIC
ISLANDS IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC
OCEAN.
