Bay of Itea
Bay of Itea is a bay in Central Greece, Greece. Bay of Itea is situated nearby to the village Kirra, as well as near the locality Κιρραίον Πεδίον Ιππόδροµος.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cirrha and Tower of Kirra.
Cirrha
Archaeological site
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cirrha or Kirra was a town in ancient Phocis on the coast, which served as the harbour of Delphi. Pausanias erroneously supposes that Cirrha was a later name of the Homeric Crissa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirra and Itea.
Kirra
Village
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirra is a village in Phocis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Itea, to which it is adjacent. Kirra is the point where the Pleistos river meets the Gulf of Iteas, a bay of the Gulf of Corinth.
Itea
Photo: Photoshop Photomerge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Itea is a seaside town in the Phocis region of West Central Greece. It is the old port-town of the nearby temple in Delphi. There is a lot of Bauxite mining in the area and this remains the primary source of economic activity for the city.
Galaxidi
Photo: MartinVMtl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galaxidi is a small seaside town of 3,000 people in West Central Greece. During the summer it is a popular sea resort for travellers that stop on the way between Patras and Delphi.
Bay of Itea
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Gulf of Amphissa”, “Gulf of Itea”, “Gulf of Krissa”, “Kólpos Amfissis”, “Kolpos Iteas”, “Kólpos Itéas”, “Krissaios Kolpos”, “Krissaíos Kólpos”, and “Órmos Itéas”
- Categories: gulf and body of water
- Location: Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.39966° or 38° 23′ 59″ northLongitude
22.43906° or 22° 26′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8GC49CXQ+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 297391339OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
261710Wikidata ID
Q25052999
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bay of Itea” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kólpos Itéas”
- French: “Itea Bayou”
- German: “Itea Bucht”
- Greek: “Κόλπος Ιτέας”
- Greek: “Κρισσαίος κόλπος”
- Greek: “Κρισσαίος Κόλπος”
- Latin: “Crisaeus Sinus”
- Russian: “Итея”
- Russian: “Крисеос”
- Swedish: “Kólpos Itéas”
Localities in the Area
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