Passage: Yana rufe kusan yanki na 2.5 miliyan km2 (965,000 sq mi), wanda ke wakiltar 0.7% na saman teku na duniya, amma haɗin da yake da shi zuwa Atlantic ta hanyar Strait of Gibraltar <unk> ƙarancin rafin da ke haɗa Tekun Atlantika zuwa Tekun Bahar Rum kuma ya raba Spain a Turai daga Maroko a Afirka <unk> yana da nisan kilomita 14 (8.7 mi). A cikin ilimin teku, wani lokacin ana kiranta Bahar Rum ta Yammacin Turai ko Bahar Rum ta Turai don bambance ta da tekun Bahar Rum a wasu wurare. Tekun Bahar Rum yana da matsakaicin zurfin mita 1,500 (4,900 ft) kuma mafi zurfin zurfin da aka rubuta shi ne 5,267 m (17,280 ft) a cikin Calypso a cikin Tekun Ionian. Tekun yana da iyaka a arewa da Turai, a gabas da Asiya, kuma a kudu da Iskand a Afirka. Tana tsakanin latitudes 46 ° da 30 ° N kuma latitudes 36 ° E da 6 ° E a Afirka. Tsawonta daga kudu maso gabashin Tekun Bahar Rum zuwa arewa maso gabashin Tekun Bahar Rum, iyakar Turkiyya
a arewa da Turai, a gabas da Asiya, kuma a kudu da Afirka