Ambracian Gulf
The Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of Actium, and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf, is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Greece, between Epirus and West Greece
- Also known as: “Amvrakikos gulf”, “Amvrakikos Gulf”, “Amvrakikos Kolpos”, “Anaktorikos”, “Gulf of Actium”, “Gulf of Ambrakia”, “Gulf of Amvrakía”, and “Gulf of Arta”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koronisia and Vonitsa.
Koronisia
Village
Photo: KasNik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koronisia is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Ambracian Gulf.
Vonitsa
Town
Vonitsa is a town in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, seat of the municipality of Aktio-Vonitsa. The beach town is situated on the south coast of the Ambracian Gulf, and is dominated by a Venetian fortress on a hill. Vonitsa is situated 9 km southwest of Ambracian Gulf.
Ambracian Gulf
- Category: body of water
- Location: Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Ambracian Gulf from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Ambracian Gulf” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gjiri i Nartës”
- Basque: “Anbraziako golkoa”
- Belarusian: “Амбракійская затока”
- Belarusian: “Арцкая затока”
- Belarusian: “Арцкі заліў”
- Bulgarian: “Амбракийски залив”
- Catalan: “golf d’Ambràcia”
- Catalan: “Golf d’Ambràcia”
- Cebuano: “Amvrakikós Kólpos”
- Chinese: “阿姆夫拉基亚湾”
- Chinese: “阿姆夫拉基亞灣”
- Croatian: “Ambracijski zaljev”
- Czech: “Ambrakijský záliv”
- Danish: “Ambraciske Golf”
- Dutch: “Golf van Arta”
- Estonian: “Amvrakía laht”
- Finnish: “Amvrakikóslahti”
- French: “golfe Ambracique”
- French: “Golfe Ambracique”
- Galician: “Golfo de Arta”
- German: “Ambrakischer Golf”
- Greek: “Αμβρακικός κόλπος”
- Greek: “Αμβρακικός Κόλπος”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ אמברקיה”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ ארטה”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ ארתה”
- Hungarian: “Ambrakiai-öböl”
- Hungarian: “Amvrakiai-öböl”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Ambrakia”
- Italian: “Golfo di Ambracia”
- Italian: “Golfo di Arta”
- Japanese: “アムヴラキコス湾”
- Japanese: “アンヴラキコス湾”
- Korean: “암브라키코스만”
- Latin: “sinus Ambracius”
- Latin: “Sinus Ambracius”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den ambrakiske bukt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ártabukta”
- Norwegian: “Den ambrakiske bukt”
- Persian: “خلیج آمبراشن”
- Persian: “خلیج آموراکیکوس”
- Polish: “Zatoka Ambrakijska”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Arta”
- Russian: “Амвракийский залив”
- Russian: “Амвракикос”
- Russian: “Артский залив”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ambrakijski zaljev”
- Slovak: “Artský záliv”
- Slovenian: “Ambrakijski zaliv”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Arta”
- Swedish: “Artabukten”
- Turkish: “Arta Körfezi”
- Turkish: “Narda Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Амбракійська затока”
- Venetian: “Golfo de Arta”
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh Ambracia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Volimi and Rouga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cape Volimos and Cape Palmatero.
Epirus: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Ioannina, Acheron Gorge, Arta, and Preveza.
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