Gulf of Izmir

The Gulf of İzmir, formerly known as the Gulf of Smyrna, is a gulf on the , with its inlet between the and the mainland area of .
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  • Type: Gulf
  • Description: gulf of the Aegean Sea
  • Also known as: “Bay of Izmir”, “Bay of İzmir”, “Bay of Smyrna”, “Golf von Smyrna”, “golfe d’İzmir”, “golfe de Smyrne”, “Golfo de esmirna”, “Golfo de Izmir”, “Golfo de İzmir”, “Gulf of İzmir”, “Izmir Bay”, “İzmir Bay”, “Izmir Gulf”, “İzmir Gulf”, “Izmir Korfezi”, “Izmirbukta”, “Meletos gulf”, “Smyrna Bay”, “Smyrna Gulf”, “Smyrnský záliv”, “Μέλητος κόλπος”, “Σμυρναίος κόλπος”, “Измир (залив)”, and “伊茲米爾灣”
  • Historically known as: “Gulf of Smyrna”

Gulf of Izmir

Latitude
38.53586° or 38° 32′ 9″ north
Longitude
26.75491° or 26° 45′ 18″ east
Open location code
8GC8GQP3+8X
Geo­Names ID
311043
Wiki­data ID
Q1536377
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Gulf of Izmir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج إزمير”
  • Armenian: “Իզմիրի ծոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “İzmir körfəzi”
  • Basque: “Esmirnako golkoa”
  • Catalan: “golf d’Esmirna”
  • Cebuano: “Izmir Körfezi”
  • Chinese: “伊茲密爾灣”
  • Croatian: “Izmirski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Smyrenský záliv”
  • Danish: “Golf ved Izmir”
  • Dutch: “Golf van İzmir”
  • French: “golfe d’Izmir”
  • French: “Golfe d’Izmir”
  • Georgian: “იზმირის ყურე”
  • German: “Golf von Izmir”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος της Σμύρνης”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ איזמיר”
  • Italian: “golfo di İzmir”
  • Japanese: “イズミル湾”
  • Korean: “이즈미르만”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Îzmîrê”
  • Latvian: “Izmiras līcis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “İzmirbukta”
  • Ossetian: “Измиры бакæлæн”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Izmirska”
  • Romanian: “Golful İzmir”
  • Russian: “Измирский залив”
  • Slovak: “Izmirský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Smirenski zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Esmirna”
  • Turkish: “İzmir Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ізмірська затока”
  • Uzbek: “İzmir koʻrfazi”
  • Western Frisian: “Golf fan Izmir”
  • Western Frisian: “Golf fan İzmir”
  • “İzmir Körfezi”

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