Euripus Strait
The Euripus Strait is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea from Boeotia in mainland Greece. The strait's principal port is Chalcis on Euboea, located at the strait's narrowest point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Greece, separating Euboea from the mainland
- Also known as: “Euripo Channel”, “Evripos”, “Porthmós Eurípou”, “Porthmos Evripou”, and “Strait of Euripus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chalkida city hall and Archaeological museum of Chalkida.
Chalkida
Railway station
Photo: Sv1xv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chalcis railway station is a railway station in the city of Chalcis, in Euboea, Greece. Opened on 8 March 1904, it is now the northern terminus station of the Athens - Chalcis service of Proastiakos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chalcis and Kanithos.
Chalcis
Chalcis is the biggest city of the island of Evvia in Sterea Hellada. It is the capital of the Prefecture of Evvia. Through the Middle Ages the city was a Venetian fortress, known as "Negroponte".
Euripus Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Euboea, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Euripus Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Euripus Strait” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Ngushtica Euripus”
- Azerbaijani: “Evrip boğazı”
- Basque: “Euripo”
- Breton: “Euripos”
- Bulgarian: “Еврип”
- Bulgarian: “Еврипос”
- Catalan: “Eurip”
- Cebuano: “Porthmós Evrípou”
- Chinese: “埃夫里波斯海峡”
- Chinese: “埃夫里波斯海峽”
- Chinese: “尤里普斯海峡”
- Croatian: “Euriposov kanal”
- Croatian: “Tjesnac Evripos”
- Czech: “Úžina Euripos”
- Dutch: “Euripus Strait”
- Esperanto: “Eŭbea markolo”
- Esperanto: “Eŭripos-kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Euripos”
- Esperanto: “Eŭripos”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo de Eŭripos”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de Eŭripos”
- Esperanto: “Marstrato de Eŭripos”
- Finnish: “Euripos”
- Finnish: “Évripos”
- French: “détroit de l’Euripe”
- French: “Euripe”
- Galician: “Estreito de Euripo”
- German: “Euripos-Kanal”
- German: “Euripos”
- German: “Evripos-Kanal”
- Greek: “Πορθμός του Ευρίπου”
- Hebrew: “מצר אוריפוס”
- Indonesian: “Selat Euripos”
- Indonesian: “Selat Euripus”
- Italian: “Euripe”
- Italian: “Euripo”
- Japanese: “エウリプス海峡”
- Japanese: “エヴリポス海峡”
- Japanese: “エウリポン海峡”
- Korean: “에우리포스 해협”
- Kurdish: “Kanala Euripos”
- Kurdish: “کانالائە ورپۆس”
- Latin: “Euripus”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Ewripos”
- Polish: “Ewripos”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Euripo”
- Portuguese: “Euripus”
- Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Euripos”
- Russian: “Еврип”
- Russian: “Эврип”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Euriposov kanal”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Euripo”
- Swedish: “Porthmós Evrípou”
- Turkish: “Eğriboz Boğazı”
- Turkish: “Eğriboz Kanalı”
- Western Armenian: “Էվրիփու նեղուց”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mikro Vathy and Mikra Chalia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lucy Hotel and Στενό Ευρίπου.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Euripus Strait”. Photo: Eric Salard, CC BY-SA 2.0.