The blocks cover 15,417 to 23,172 sq km each in 0 to 3,600 m of water in the Aaiun basin. The area does not produce and is sparsely explored. The round is to close Oct. 31, 2005.

The map of Morocco, including Western Sahara, is visible in red on pages 18, 26, and 92. Occasionally, a legend obscures part of Western Sahara, or a zoom-in excludes the southernmost part of the ...

US adopts map of Morocco that includes disputed Western Sahara. Western Sahara is mostly under Morocco’s control, where tensions with pro-independence Polisario Front have simmered since the 1970s.