The State of Palestine claims a territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and is contested.
=== Coastal cities ===Major cities (municipalities), with populations larger than 200,000 people, bordering the Mediterranean Sea include:Algeria: Algiers, Annaba, OranEgypt: Alexandria, Damietta, Port SaidFrance: Marseille, Toulon, NiceGreece: Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, HeraklionIsrael: Ashdod, Haifa, Netanya, Rishon LeZion, Tel AvivItaly: Bari, Catania, Genoa, Messina, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Taranto, Trieste, VeniceLebanon: Beirut, TripoliLibya: Benghazi, Misrata, Tripoli, Zawiya, ZlitenMalta: VallettaMorocco: Ttouan, TangierPalestine: Gaza CitySpain: Alicante, Almera, Badalona, Barcelona, Cartagena, Mlaga, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia
the Minet el-Beida ("White Harbour") bay near ancient Ugarit, Syriathe Strait of Gibraltar, connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Moroccothe Bay of Algeciras, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsulathe Gulf of Corinth, an enclosed sea between the Ionian Sea and the Corinth Canalthe Pagasetic Gulf, the gulf of Volos, south of the Thermaic Gulf, formed by the Mount Pelion peninsulathe Saronic Gulf, the gulf of Athens, between the Corinth Canal and the Mirtoan Seathe Thermaic Gulf, the gulf of Thessaloniki, located in the northern Greek region of Macedoniathe Kvarner Gulf, Croatiathe Gulf of Almeria, southeast of Spainthe Gulf of Lion, south of Francethe Gulf of Valencia, east of Spainthe Strait of Messina, between Sicily and Calabrian peninsulathe Gulf of Genoa, northwestern Italythe Gulf of Venice, northeastern Italythe Gulf of Trieste, northeastern Italythe Gulf of Taranto, southern Italythe Gulf of Saint Euphemia, southern Italy, with the international airport nearbythe Gulf of Salerno, southwestern Italythe Gulf of Gaeta, southwestern Italythe Gulf of Squillace, southern Italythe Strait of Otranto, between Italy and Albaniathe Gulf of Haifa, northern Israelthe Gulf of Sidra, between Tripolitania (western Libya) and Cyrenaica (eastern Libya)the Strait of Sicily, between Sicily and Tunisiathe Corsica Channel, between Corsica and Italythe Strait of Bonifacio, between Sardinia and Corsicathe Gulf of Antalya, between west and east shores of Antalya (Turkey)the Gulf of skenderun, between skenderun and Adana (Turkey)the Gulf of zmir, in zmir (Turkey)the Gulf of Fethiye, in Fethiye (Turkey)the Gulf of Kuadas, in zmir (Turkey)the Bay of Kotor, in south-western Montenegro and south-eastern Croatiathe Malta Channel, between Sicily and Maltathe Gozo Channel, between Malta Island and Gozo=== Largest islands ===The Mediterranean Sea encompasses about 10,000 islands and islets, of which about 250 are permanently inhabited

