diff --git a/src/main/resources/bundles/commonConfiguration.properties b/src/main/resources/bundles/commonConfiguration.properties
index 1e15d64094..3d4c9bbae4 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/bundles/commonConfiguration.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/bundles/commonConfiguration.properties
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ role78 = rest
 role79 = rest-readonly
 role80 = orgAdmin
 role81 = Ecuador
+role82 = Mediterranean Sea
 
 
 #Security role definitions, as displayed in user.jsp. These help keep track of how and why roles are used
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ roleDefinition78 = Can access RESTful data exposure URLs.
 roleDefinition79 = Can access read-only RESTful data exposure URLs.
 roleDefinition80 = Organizational administrator.
 roleDefinition81 = Ecuador
+roleDefinition82 = Mediterranean Sea
 
 
 showUsersToPublic = true
diff --git a/src/main/resources/bundles/locationID.json b/src/main/resources/bundles/locationID.json
index 6bc4f8be3a..88a14ddcb4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/bundles/locationID.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/bundles/locationID.json
@@ -409,7 +409,15 @@
 			  
 				  {"name": "Mediterranean Sea", "id": "Mediterranean Sea", "locationID": [
 				  
-						{"name": "Banco di Santa Croce (BSC)", "id": "Banco di Santa Croce (BSC)", "locationID": []}
+						{"name": "Adriatic Sea", "id": "Adriatic Sea", "locationID": []},
+
+						{"name": "Banco di Santa Croce (BSC)", "id": "Banco di Santa Croce (BSC)", "locationID": []},
+
+						{"name": "Gulf of Naples", "id": "Gulf of Naples", "locationID": []},
+
+						{"name": "Ligurian Sea", "id": "Ligurian Sea", "locationID": []},
+
+						{"name": "Tyrrhenian Sea", "id": "Tyrrhenian Sea", "locationID": []}
 				  
 				  ]}