Editing Melilla (section)

=== Location ===
[[File:(Cabo Tres Forcas) ISS-36 Strait of Gibraltar (cropped).jpg|thumb|Detail of a satellite photograph of [[Cape Three Forks]] (centred on Melilla) taken during the 2013 [[Expedition 36|ISS-36 expedition]].]]
Melilla is in northwest Africa, on the shores of the [[Alboran Sea]], a marginal sea of the [[Mediterranean]], the latter's westernmost portion. The city is arranged in a wide semicircle around the beach and the [[Port of Melilla]], on the eastern side of the peninsula of [[Cape Tres Forcas]], at the foot of [[Mount Gurugú]] and around the mouth of the [[Río de Oro (Melilla)|Río de Oro]] intermittent water stream, {{convert|1|m|sp=us}} above sea level. The urban nucleus was originally a [[Presidio|fortress]], [[Melilla la Vieja]], built on a peninsular mound about {{convert|30|m|sp=us}} in height.

The Moroccan settlement of [[Beni Ansar]] lies immediately south of Melilla. The nearest Moroccan city is [[Nador]], and the ports of Melilla and [[Nador Port|Nador]] are within the same bay; nearby is the Bou Areg Lagoon.<ref name="wps">{{Cite web|title=Port of Nador|url=http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/MAR_Port_of_Nador_1504.php|access-date=2023-01-14|website=World Port Source|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609150552/http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/MAR_Port_of_Nador_1504.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>