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The Gulf of Gabes, also ''Cabès, Cabes, Gaps'',〔see e.g.: ''Cabès'' in John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (eds.), ''The natural history of Pliny, Volume 1'', 1855, chapter 4, "The Syrtes", (p. 391, fn. 7 ); ''Cabes'' in the "Atlas" article in Copley, John Singleton (chairman) (1835) ''The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume III, Athanaric—Bassano'' C. Knight, London, (page 32 ), ; ''Gaps'' in Charles Anthon, ''A classical dictionary: containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors'', 1842, (p. 1279 ).〕 , also known as Lesser Syrtis (from Greek ; ''Syrtis Minor'' in Latin), contrasting with the Greater Syrtis in Libya, is a gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa. The gulf roughly spans the coast from Sfax to Djerba. At the head of the gulf is the city of Gabès (Ghannouche) where the tides have a large range of up to 2.1 m at spring tides.〔National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2002) (Section 8: Tunisia–Cap Serrat to Ras Ajdir" ) ''Sailing Directions (Enroute) for Western Mediterranean'' (tenth edition) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, page 102〕 Both Gabès and Sfax are major ports on the gulf, supporting sponge and tuna fisheries, with Gabès being the economic and administrative center. ==Antiquity== The Latin name ''Syrtis Minor'' is used by Pliny the Elder,〔''Naturalis Historia'' (Book V, Chapter 4 — The Syrtes )〕 quoting an earlier description in Polybius (1.39.2 ), who uses the equivalent (elsewhere also ). An alternative name was ''Lotophagitis surtis'' "Syrtis of the lotus-eaters," reported by Strabo.〔 Strabo ''Geographica'' Book XVII, Chapter III, Sections 16-18 (pages 288-289 )〕 (Compare Syrtis Major, the ancient name of the Gulf of Sidra.) Syrtis is referred to in the New Testament of the Bible〔Acts 27:10-19〕 where the Apostle Paul relates being sent in chains to Rome to stand trial before Caesar Nero. The crew of his ship was worried about being driven by a storm into Syrtis,〔For usage see Deissmann, Adolf (1912) ''St. Paul: a study in social and religious history'' Hodder and Stoughton, London, (page 268 ) footnote 1, 〕 and took precautions to prevent it, resulting, eventually, in being shipwrecked on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Strabo refers to Tacape (the modern Gabès) as an important entrepot of the Lesser Syrtis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gulf of Gabès」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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