Gulf of Iskenderun
The Gulf of Alexandretta or İskenderun is a gulf of the eastern Mediterranean or Levantine Sea. It lies beside the southern Turkish provinces of Adana and Hatay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Gulf
- Description: gulf of the Mediterranean Sea
- Also known as: “Alexandrette”, “Gulf of Iskanderun”, “Gulf of Iskenderon”, “Gulf of İskenderun”, “Iskenderon Bay”, “İskenderon Körfezi”, “İskenderun Körf”, “Iskerderon Bay”, and “Sinus Issicus”
- Historically known as: “Gulf of Alexandretta”
Gulf of Iskenderun
- Categories: gulf and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Gulf of Iskenderun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج إسكندرون”
- Arabic: “خليج اسكندرون”
- Armenian: “Իսքենդերուն ծոց”
- Armenian: “Հայկական ծոց”
- Armenian: “Հայոց ծոց”
- Azerbaijani: “İskəndərun körfəzi”
- Basque: “Iskenderungo golkoa”
- Bulgarian: “Искендерун (залив)”
- Bulgarian: “Искендерун”
- Catalan: “Golf d’Alexandreta”
- Cebuano: “Gulf of Iskenderun”
- Chinese: “伊斯肯德伦湾”
- Chinese: “伊斯肯德倫灣”
- Croatian: “Iskenderunski zaljev”
- Czech: “Alexandretský záliv”
- Czech: “Alexandrettský záliv”
- Czech: “İskenderun Körfezi”
- Czech: “Iskenderunský záliv”
- Czech: “İskenderunský záliv”
- Dutch: “Golf van Iskenderun”
- Esperanto: “Aleksandreta golfo”
- Esperanto: “Iskenderun golfo”
- Esperanto: “Iskenderuna golfo”
- French: “Golfe d’Alexandrette”
- French: “golfe d’İskenderun”
- French: “Golfe d’İskenderun”
- French: “İskenderun Körfezi”
- Georgian: “ისქენდერუნის ყურე”
- German: “Golf von Alexandrette”
- German: “Golf von İskenderun”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ איסכנדרון”
- Italian: “Golfo di Alessandretta”
- Italian: “Golfo di Iskenderun”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドレッタ湾”
- Japanese: “イスケンデルン湾”
- Latin: “Issicus Sinus”
- Latin: “Mare Issicum”
- Lithuanian: “Iskenderuno įlanka”
- Lithuanian: “Iskenderūno įlanka”
- Mazanderani: “اسکندرون دریامونا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “İskenderunbukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iskenderungulfen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “İskenderun Körfezi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “İskenderunbukta”
- Norwegian: “İskenderunbukta”
- Ossetian: “Искендерун”
- Persian: “خلیج اسکندرون”
- Polish: “Zatoka Aleksandretty”
- Polish: “Zatoka İskenderun”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Alexandreta”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Iskenderun”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de İskenderun”
- Romanian: “Golful Alexandreta”
- Russian: “Александреттский залив”
- Russian: “Армянский залив”
- Russian: “Искандерунский залив”
- Russian: “Искендерун”
- Russian: “Искендерунский залив”
- Slovak: “Iskenderunský záliv”
- Slovenian: “Aleksandretski zaliv”
- Slovenian: “Iskenderunski zaliv”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Alejandreta”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Iskenderun”
- Spanish: “Golfo de İskenderun”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Isos”
- Swedish: “İskenderunbukten”
- Swedish: “İskenderunviken”
- Turkish: “İskenderun Körfezi”
- Tuvinian: “Искендерун (ээтпек)”
- Tuvinian: “Искендерун”
- Ukrainian: “Іскендерун”
- Urdu: “خلیج اسکندرون”
- Uzbek: “Iskandarun”
- Venetian: “Golfo de İskenderun”
- “Iskenderun Korfezi”
- “İskenderun Körfezi”
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