Thermaic Gulf
The Thermaic Gulf, also called the Gulf of Thessaloniki and the Macedonian Gulf, is a gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pieria Imathia and Larissa on the west and the Chalkidiki peninsula on the east, with Cape Kassandra at the southeasternmost corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay of Aegean Sea in Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Gulf of Salonika”, “Gulf of Saloníki”, “Gulf of Thérmai”, “Gulf of Thermaikos”, “Gulf of Thessalonike”, “Macedonian Gulf”, “Thermaicus Sinus”, and “Therme Bay”
- Historically known as: “Gulf of Salonica”
Thermaic Gulf
- Category: body of water
- Location: Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.38333° or 40° 23′ northLongitude
22.78333° or 22° 47′ eastOpen location code
8GG49QMM+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 4801383748OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
734081Wikidata ID
Q913418
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Thermaic Gulf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الخليج الثيرمى”
- Armenian: “Թերմաիկոս”
- Armenian: “Թերմաիկոսի ծովածոց”
- Basque: “Tesalonikako golkoa”
- Bulgarian: “Солунски залив”
- Bulgarian: “Термайкос”
- Catalan: “golf Termaic”
- Catalan: “Golf Termaic”
- Cebuano: “Thermaïkós Kólpos”
- Chinese: “塞尔迈湾”
- Chinese: “塞爾邁灣”
- Czech: “Kolpos Thessalonikis”
- Czech: “Kólpos Thessalonikís”
- Czech: “Kólpos Thessaloníkis”
- Czech: “Soluňský záliv”
- Czech: “Thermaikos Kolpos”
- Czech: “Thermaïkos kolpos”
- Czech: “Thermaïkós Kólpos”
- Czech: “Thermský záliv”
- Danish: “Thermaikos-bugten”
- Dutch: “Thermaic Gulf”
- Estonian: “Therme laht”
- Finnish: “Thermaïkóslahti”
- French: “golfe de Thessalonique”
- French: “Golfe de Thessalonique”
- French: “Golfe Thermaique”
- French: “golfe Thermaïque”
- French: “Golfe Thermaïque”
- German: “Makedonischer Golf”
- German: “Thermaischer Golf”
- German: “Thermaischer Meerbusen”
- German: “Thermäischer Meerbusen”
- Greek: “Θεμαϊκός Κόλπος”
- Greek: “Θερμαϊκός κόλπος”
- Greek: “Κόλπος Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Hebrew: “המפרץ התרמאי”
- Hindi: “थर्मा की खाड़ी”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Thermaikos”
- Italian: “Golfo di Salonicco”
- Italian: “Golfo Termaico”
- Japanese: “テルマイコス湾”
- Korean: “테르마이코스만”
- Latin: “Sinus Thermaicus”
- Lithuanian: “Termos įlanka”
- Macedonian: “Солунски Залив”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salonikibukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salonikibukten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermaikosbukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermaikosbukten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thermaikos Kolpos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thermaikosbukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thermaikósbukta”
- Norwegian: “Thermaikosbukta”
- Polish: “Zatoka Termajska”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Salónica”
- Portuguese: “Golfo Termaico”
- Portuguese: “Golfo Térmico”
- Russian: “Салоникский залив”
- Russian: “Солунский залив”
- Russian: “Термаикос”
- Russian: “Термический залив”
- Serbian: “Solunski zaliv”
- Serbian: “Солунски залив”
- Serbian: “Термајски залив”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Solunski zaliv”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Solunski zaljev”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Termejski zaljev”
- Slovak: “Solúnsky záliv”
- Slovenian: “Solunski zaliv”
- Slovenian: “Termajski zaliv”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Salonica”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Salónica”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Tesalonica”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Tesalónica”
- Spanish: “Golfo Termaico”
- Swedish: “Thermaïkós Kólpos”
- Swedish: “Thermaikos”
- Turkish: “Makedon Körfezi”
- Turkish: “Makedonya Körfezi”
- Turkish: “Selânik Körfezi”
- Turkish: “Termaikos Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Салонікська затока”
- Ukrainian: “Салоніцька затока”
- Ukrainian: “Термаїкос”
- Venetian: “Golfo de Tesalónica”
- Western Armenian: “Թերմայիքոսի Ծոց”
- Western Armenian: “Սելանիկի/Թեսաղոնիկէի Ծոց”
- Western Frisian: “Termayske Golf”
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