Geology of Malta The largest of the second set are the Victoria Lines Fault on northern Malta and the Qala Fault on southern Gozo. Overall, the islands of the archipelago are tilted towards the northeast, with cliffs on the southwest coast and descending gradients towards the northeast. The Maltese archipalego is linked to Sicily by an underwater plateau of depths of less than 100 m. During different marine regressions of the Mediterranean, Malta has been connected to Sicily by a surface isthmus by which animals have been able to cross, as evinced by the presence of island dwarfism (Maltese dwarf hippopotamus and dwarf
Zeila Archipelago Zeila Archipelago The Sa'ad ad-Din Islands (, ), also Romanized as Sa'ad-ed-din and known as the Zeila Archipelago, are group of islands off the northern coast of Somalia. They are situated near the ancient city of Zeila. The Zeila Archipelago is made of six small island all of which are low-lying and have sandy beaches. The largest of these islands are "Sacadin" and "Aibat", which are six and nine miles off the coast of Zeila, respectively. There is also a lighthouse at Aibat. The name for the archipelago comes from the Somali Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II who was killed by