Middle East
Turkey
Kocaeli Province

Gulf of Ismid

Gulf of İzmit, also referred to as İzmit Bay, is a bay at the easternmost edge of the Sea of Marmara, in , . The gulf takes its name from the city of .
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: gulf at the Marmara Sea, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Gulf of Astacus”, “Gulf of Izmid”, “Gulf of Izmit”, “Gulf of İzmit”, “Gulf of Nicomedia”, and “İzmit Körfezi”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ereğli and Karamürsel.

Village
Photo: Kadri Eroglu, CC BY 2.5.
is a village.

Town
Photo: Ucandairebaskani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 262 km2, and its population is 59,676. It is on the south coast of the Gulf of İzmit.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 581. It is 37 km from city center and 5 km from .

Gulf of Ismid

Latitude
40.73893° or 40° 44′ 20″ north
Longitude
29.66309° or 29° 39′ 47″ east
Open location code
8GGFPMQ7+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11626669901
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
745027
Wiki­data ID
Q4198699
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Gulf of Ismid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج إزميت”
  • Azerbaijani: “İzmit körfəzi”
  • Basque: “İzmiteko golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Ізміцкі заліў”
  • Belarusian: “Ізьміцкая затока”
  • Bulgarian: “Измитски залив”
  • Cebuano: “İzmit Körfezi”
  • Chinese: “伊茲密特灣”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Zagê İzmiti”
  • Dutch: “Golf van İzmit”
  • French: “golfe d’Izmit”
  • French: “Golfe d’Izmit”
  • Georgian: “იზმითის ყურე”
  • German: “Golf von İzmit”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ איזמיט”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk İzmit”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Astaco”
  • Italian: “Golfo di İzmit”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Nicomedia”
  • Japanese: “イズミット湾”
  • Lithuanian: “Izmito įlanka”
  • Malay: “Teluk İzmit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gulf og İzmit”
  • Persian: “خلیج ازمیت”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Izmit”
  • Romanian: “Golful Izmitului”
  • Russian: “Измитский залив”
  • Slovak: “Izmitský záliv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایزمیت کؤرفزی”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de İzmit”
  • Swedish: “Izmitbukten”
  • Tajik: “халиҷи Измит”
  • Turkish: “İzmit körfezi”
  • Turkish: “İzmit Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ізмітська затока”
  • Urdu: “خلیج ازمیت”
  • “Izmit Korfezi”
  • “İzmit Körfezi”

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