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Where is Malta located in the Mediterranean Sea?
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Malta is an island country situated in the central Mediterranean Sea. It is located at the eastern end of the constricted portion of the sea that separates Italy from the African coast.12
Specifically, the archipelago lies approximately 58 miles (93 km) south of Sicily, 180 miles (290 km) north of Libya, and about 180 miles (290 km) east of Tunisia. The islands rest on the submerged Malta-Hyblean Platform, an undersea shelf that connects the Ragusa Platform of southern Sicily with the Tripolitana Platform of southern Libya.23