Gulf of Corinth

The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is an inlet of the Ionian Sea, separating the from western mainland . It is bounded in the east by the which includes the shipping-designed and in the west by the Rion Strait which widens into the shorter and whose narrowest point has been crossed since 2004 by the .
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  • Type: Gulf
  • Description: gulf of the Ionian Sea, separating Peloponnese from Central Greece
  • Also known as: “Corinthian Gulf”, “Corinthische Golf”, “Golf de Lepant”, “Golfo Coríntio”, “golfo de Corintio”, “golfo de Lepanto”, “Golful Corint”, “Golful Corintian”, “Gulf of Lepanto”, “Korintbukten”, “Korintgulfen”, “Korinthbukta”, “Korinthiakos Kolpos”, “Kórinthiakos Kólpos”, “Korinthische Golf”, “Korinthiska golfen”, “Korinthiska viken”, “Lepantobukta”, “Lepantoko golkoa”, “Vịnh Corinthe”, “Vịnh Côrintô”, “залив Лепанто”, “Затока Корінф”, “המפרץ הקורינתי”, “கொரிந்திய வளைகுடா”, “อ่าวโครินธ์”, “코린트 만”, “コリンティア湾”, “コリントス湾”, “コリント湾”, and “レパント湾”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lykoporia and Derveni.

Village
is a village and a community in the… is situated 8 km south of Gulf of Corinth.

Village
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is a coastal town in in the peninsula, . is situated 10 km southwest of Gulf of Corinth.

Gulf of Corinth

Latitude
38.2° or 38° 12′ north
Longitude
22.5° or 22° 30′ east
Open location code
8GC45GX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
259291
Wiki­data ID
Q209682
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Gulf of Corinth” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gjiri i Korinthit”
  • Arabic: “خليج كورنث”
  • Armenian: “Կորինֆի ծոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Korinf körfəzi”
  • Basque: “Korintoko golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Карынфская затока”
  • Belarusian: “Карынфскі заліў”
  • Belarusian: “Карынцкая затока”
  • Bulgarian: “Коринтски залив”
  • Catalan: “golf de Corint”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Corint”
  • Cebuano: “Gulf of Corinth”
  • Chinese: “科林斯灣”
  • Chinese: “科林西亚湾”
  • Croatian: “Korintski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Korintský záliv”
  • Danish: “Korinthiske Bugt”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Korinthe”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo de Korinto”
  • Finnish: “Korintinlahti”
  • French: “golfe de Corinthe”
  • French: “Golfe de Corinthe”
  • Galician: “Golfo de Corinto”
  • Georgian: “კორინთის ყურე”
  • German: “Golf von Korinth”
  • Greek: “Korinthiakós Kólpos”
  • Greek: “Κορινθιακός κόλπος”
  • Greek: “Κορινθιακός Κόλπος”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ קורינתוס”
  • Hungarian: “Korinthoszi-öböl”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Korintus”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Corinto”
  • Japanese: “コリンティアコス湾”
  • Korean: “코린토스만”
  • Latin: “Corinthiacus Sinus”
  • Latin: “Corinthius sinus”
  • Latin: “Sinus Corinthius”
  • Latvian: “Korintas līcis”
  • Lithuanian: “Korinto įlanka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Golf vu Korinth”
  • Macedonian: “Коринтски Залив”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Korintbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Korintbukta”
  • Norwegian: “Korintbukta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Golf de Corint”
  • Persian: “خلیج کورنیس”
  • Persian: “خلیج کورینس”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Koryncka”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Corinto”
  • Romanian: “Golful Corintului”
  • Russian: “Коринфский залив”
  • Serbian: “Korintski zaliv”
  • Serbian: “Коринтски залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Korintski zaliv”
  • Slovak: “Korintský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Korintski zaliv”
  • Spanish: “golfo de Corinto”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Corinto”
  • Swedish: “Korintiska viken”
  • Tamil: “கொரிந்து வளைகுடா”
  • Thai: “อ่าวคอรินท์”
  • Turkish: “Korint Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Коринфська затока”
  • Venetian: “Golfo de Corinto”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Corinth”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Korinthos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gulfo han Korinthos”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Corinth”
  • Western Armenian: “Կորնթոսի Ծոցը”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sarantapichiotika and Stomio.

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Highlights: Ákra Likoporiá and Avgó.

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