Korinthos Canal
The Corinth Canal is a canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. Completed in 1893, it cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Navigation canal
- Description: canal in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Corinth Canal” and “Corinthian canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Istmia and Temple of Poseidon.
Istmia
Archaeological site
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Isthmia is an ancient sanctuary of Poseidon and important archaeological site and museum located on the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece. Situated on the territory of the ancient city-state of Corinth, it was famous in antiquity for the Isthmian Games and its Temple of Poseidon.
Temple of Poseidon
Archaeological site
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The Temple of Isthmia is an ancient Greek temple on the Isthmus of Corinth dedicated to the god Poseidon and built in the Archaic Period. It is about 16 kilometers east of ancient Corinth, at the site of ancient Isthmia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gefyra Isthmou and Isthmia.
Isthmia
Village
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Isthmia is a Greek village and community 7.5 km southeast of Corinth. It is located in the south entry of Corinth Canal. The community spreads in the place where the Isthmian Games were held in antiquity. Isthmia is situated 3 km southeast of Korinthos Canal.
Loutraki
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Loutraki is a seaside resort and spa town in the Corinth Region of the Peloponnese. The ancient town – Thermae today called Loutraki, is located on the north side of the Corinthian Gulf and it's extended on the foot of the Gerania mountain range, along a pebbled beach of 4 km.
Korinthos Canal
- Categories: ship canal and body of water
- Location: Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Korinthos Canal” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kanali i Korinthit”
- Arabic: “قناة قورنثوس”
- Arabic: “قناة كورنث”
- Arabic: “قناة كورنيث”
- Arabic: “قناة كورينث”
- Arabic: “كورنث”
- Asturian: “Canal de Corintu”
- Azerbaijani: “Korinf kanalı”
- Basque: “Korintoko kanala”
- Basque: “Korintoko ubidea”
- Belarusian: “Карынфскі канал”
- Belarusian: “Карынцкі канал”
- Bosnian: “Korintski kanal”
- Bulgarian: “Коринтски канал”
- Bulgarian: “Коринтският канал”
- Catalan: “Canal de Corint”
- Catalan: “Canal de l’istme de Corint”
- Cebuano: “Corinth Canal”
- Chinese: “哥林多運河”
- Chinese: “科林斯地峡运河”
- Chinese: “科林斯运河”
- Chinese: “科林斯運河”
- Croatian: “Korintski kanal”
- Czech: “Korintský průplav”
- Danish: “Korinthkanalen”
- Dutch: “Kanaal van Corinthe”
- Dutch: “Kanaal van Korinte”
- Dutch: “Kanaal van Korinthe”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo de Korinto”
- Esperanto: “Korinta kanalo”
- Estonian: “Kórinthose kanal”
- Finnish: “Korintin kanaali”
- Finnish: “Korintin kanava”
- French: “canal de Corinthe”
- French: “Canal de Corinthe”
- Georgian: “კორინთის არხი”
- German: “Kanal von Korinth”
- German: “Korinthkanal”
- Greek: “Dhiórix Korínthou”
- Greek: “Dióryga Korínthou”
- Greek: “Dióryx Korínthou”
- Greek: “διώρυγα Κορίνθου”
- Greek: “Διώρυγα Κορίνθου”
- Greek: “Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου”
- Greek: “Διώρυξ Κορίνθου”
- Greek: “Κορινθιακή διώρυγα”
- Hebrew: “התעלה הקורינתית”
- Hebrew: “תעלת האיסתמוס הקורינתית”
- Hebrew: “תעלת קורינתוס”
- Hungarian: “Korinthoszi-csatorna”
- Indonesian: “Terusan Korintus”
- Italian: “Canale di Corinto”
- Japanese: “コリントス運河”
- Japanese: “コリント運河”
- Korean: “코린토스 운하”
- Korean: “코린트 운하”
- Latin: “Canalis Corinthius”
- Latvian: “Korintas kanāls”
- Lithuanian: “Korinto kanalas”
- Lombard: “Canal de Corint”
- Lombard: “Canàl de Corìnt”
- Lombard: “Canal de Corinto”
- Lombard: “Canàl de Corinto”
- Luxembourgish: “Kanal vu Korinth”
- Macedonian: “Коринтски Канал”
- Macedonian: “Коринтски Теснец”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Korinthkanalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Korintkanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Korintkanalen”
- Norwegian: “Korintkanalen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canal de Corint”
- Persian: “کانال کورنیس”
- Persian: “کانال کورینس”
- Polish: “Kanał Koryncki”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Corinto”
- Romanian: “Canalul Corint”
- Russian: “Коринфский канал”
- Serbian: “Korintski kanal”
- Serbian: “Коринтски канал”
- Serbian: “Коринтски Канал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Korintski kanal”
- Slovak: “Korintský prieplav”
- Slovenian: “Korintski prekop”
- Spanish: “Canal de Corinto”
- Swedish: “Korinthkanalen”
- Swedish: “Korintiska kanalen”
- Swedish: “Korintkanalen”
- Swiss German: “Dr Kanal vo Korinth”
- Thai: “Corinth Canal”
- Thai: “คลองคอรินท์”
- Thai: “คลองโครินธ์”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kanal von Korinth”
- Turkish: “Corinth Canal”
- Turkish: “Corinth Kanalı”
- Turkish: “Korint Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Коринфський канал”
- Urdu: “کورنتھ نہر”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Corinth”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Korinthos”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kanal han Korinthos”
- Welsh: “Camlas Corinth”
- Western Armenian: “Կորնթոսի Ջրանցքը”
- Western Panjabi: “کورنتھ نہر”
- Wu Chinese: “科林斯运河”
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Highlights include Isthmus of Corinth and Katounistra.
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