Souda Bay
Souda Bay is a bay and natural harbour near the town of Souda on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The bay is about 15 km long and only two to four km wide, and a deep natural harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay of Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Kólpos Soúdhas”, “Ormos Soudas”, “Órmos Soúdas”, “Órmos Soúdhas”, “Soudha Bay”, and “Suda Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aptera and Souda Fortress.
Aptera
Archaeological site
Photo: Aeleftherios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aptera or Apteron was an ancient city, now an archaeological site in Kalives in western Crete, a kilometre inland from the southern shore of Souda Bay, about 13 km east of the city of Chania in the municipality of Chania. Aptera is situated 3½ km southeast of Souda Bay.
Souda Fortress
Castle
Photo: B-noa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Souda Fortress is a castle, which is situated 3 km east of Souda Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalami and Souda.
Kalami
Hamlet
Photo: Nikolaos.basiliou, Public domain.
Kalami is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Souda Bay.
Souda
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Souda is a town and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. Souda is situated 5 km west of Souda Bay.
Malaxa
Village
Malaxa is a village in the Chania regional unit on Crete in Greece. The 2021 census counted a population of 150 people in the village. In ancient times the Malaxa area was under the sphere of influence of the nearby powerful city of Kydonia. Malaxa is situated 5 km southwest of Souda Bay.
Souda Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Chania, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Souda Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج سودا”
- Armenian: “Սուդա (ծոց)”
- Armenian: “Սուդա”
- Basque: “Órmos Soúdas”
- Basque: “Souda badia”
- Cebuano: “Órmos Soúdas”
- Chinese: “索达湾”
- Chinese: “索達灣”
- Chinese: “苏达湾”
- Chinese: “苏达湾港口”
- Chinese: “蘇扎灣”
- Chinese: “蘇扎灣基地”
- Chinese: “蘇達灣”
- Dutch: “Souda Bay”
- Finnish: “Soudan lahti”
- Finnish: “Soudanlahti”
- Finnish: “Soúdanlahti”
- Finnish: “Sudanlahti”
- Finnish: “Súdanlahti”
- French: “baie de Soúda”
- French: “Baie de Soúda”
- German: “Souda-Bucht”
- Greek: “Órmos Soúdas”
- Greek: “Κόλπος Σούδας”
- Greek: “Όρμος Σούδας”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ סודה”
- Italian: “Baia di Souda”
- Italian: “baia di Suda”
- Italian: “Baia di Suda”
- Japanese: “スーダ湾”
- Japanese: “スダ灣”
- Japanese: “ソーダ湾”
- Japanese: “ソウダ湾”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Soúdabukten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soudabukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soúdabukta”
- Norwegian: “Soúdabukten”
- Persian: “خلیج سودا”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Souda”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Suda”
- Russian: “Бухта Суда”
- Russian: “Суда”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Souda”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Souda”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Suda”
- Swedish: “Órmos Soúdas”
- Swedish: “Soudabukten”
- Turkish: “Suda Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Суда (бухта)”
- Ukrainian: “Суда”
- Urdu: “خلیج سودا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Platáni and Sinoikismós Plakálona.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Farmákelos and Ákra Skátza.
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