There are bodies of water in Tunisia.
The Strait of Sicily ( also known as Sicilian Strait , Sicilian Channel , Channel of Sicily , Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel ; Canale di Sicilia or the Stretto di Sicilia Canali di Sicilia or Strittu di Sicilia ) is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia . Tunisia . It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest , Libya to the southeast , and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east . Its 1,300 km of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin and , by means of the Sicilian Strait and Sardinian Channel , features the African mainland 's second and third nearest points to Europe after Gibraltar .