Strait of Messina
The Strait of Messina is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily and the western tip of Calabria in Southern Italy. It connects the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north with the Ionian Sea to the south, within the central Mediterranean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Punta Pezzo Lighthouse and Lago di Ganzirri.
Punta Pezzo Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Punta Pezzo Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Punta Pezzo, the closest point of Calabria to Sicily.
Lago di Ganzirri
Nature reserve
Photo: Gallant g, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lago di Ganzirri is a lake in the Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. At an elevation of 1 m, its surface area is.338 km2. Lago di Ganzirri is situated 2½ km northwest of Strait of Messina.
Villa San Giovanni railway station
Railway station
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Villa San Giovanni railway station is the main railway station serving the town and comune of Villa San Giovanni, in the region of Calabria, southern Italy. Villa San Giovanni railway station is situated 3½ km south of Strait of Messina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pezzo and Punta Pezzo.
Punta Pezzo
Locality
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Punta Pezzo is a point in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. It is the closest point in Calabria to Sicily and the northernmost point of the Calabrian side of the Strait of Messina, lying on the northern channel.
Strait of Messina
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait between Sicily and Calabria
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sicily, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Strait of Messina” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Straat van Messina”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σικελικὸς Πορθμός”
- Arabic: “مسينة”
- Arabic: “مضيق مسينا”
- Arabic: “مضيق ميسينا”
- Arabic: “ميسينا”
- Armenian: “Մեսիանայի նեղուց”
- Armenian: “Մեսինայի նեղուց”
- Asturian: “estrechu de Messina”
- Asturian: “Estrechu de Messina”
- Azerbaijani: “Messin boğazı”
- Azerbaijani: “Messina boğazı”
- Basque: “Messinako itsasartea”
- Belarusian: “Месінскі праліў”
- Belarusian: “Мэсынская пратока”
- Belarusian: “Мэсынскі праліў”
- Bosnian: “Mesinski prolaz”
- Bulgarian: “Месински пролив”
- Catalan: “estret de Messina”
- Catalan: “Estret de Messina”
- Catalan: “Estret de Sicília”
- Cebuano: “Stretto di Messina”
- Chechen: “Мессинан хидоькъе”
- Chinese: “墨西拿海峡”
- Chinese: “墨西拿海峽”
- Corsican: “Strettu di Messina”
- Croatian: “Mesinska vrata”
- Croatian: “Mesinski kanal”
- Croatian: “Mesinski prolaz”
- Croatian: “Mesinski tjesnac”
- Czech: “Messinská úžina”
- Czech: “Messinský průliv”
- Danish: “Messinastrædet”
- Dutch: “Straat van Messina”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de Mesino”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de Messina”
- Esperanto: “Mesina Markolo”
- Esperanto: “Strato de Messina”
- Estonian: “Messina väin”
- Finnish: “Messinansalmi”
- French: “détroit de Messine”
- French: “Détroit de Messine”
- French: “phare de Messine”
- Galician: “Estreito de Messina”
- Georgian: “მესინის სრუტე”
- German: “Meerenge von Messina”
- German: “Strasse von Messina”
- German: “Straße von Messina”
- German: “Stretto di Messina”
- Greek: “Στενό της Μεσσήνης”
- Hebrew: “מיצרי מסינה”
- Hebrew: “מצר מסינה”
- Hebrew: “מצרי מסינה”
- Hindi: “मेसिना जलसन्धि”
- Hungarian: “Messinai-szoros”
- Icelandic: “Messínasund”
- Indonesian: “Selat Messina”
- Italian: “Stretto di Messina”
- Italian: “Stretto di Scilla”
- Japanese: “メッシーナ海峡”
- Japanese: “メッシナ海峡”
- Korean: “메시나 해협”
- Kurdish: “Tengava Messina”
- Kurdish: “Tengava Messinayê”
- Kurdish: “تەنگاڤا مەسسنا”
- Latin: “Fretum Siculum”
- Latin: “Messanae fretum”
- Latin: “Messanense fretum”
- Latin: “Scyllae et Charybdis fretum”
- Latin: “Scyllaeum fretum”
- Latin: “Siculum fretum”
- Latvian: “Mesīnas šaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Mesinos sąsiauris”
- Luxembourgish: “Strooss vu Messina”
- Macedonian: “Месински Проток”
- Marathi: “मेसिनाची सामुद्रधुनी”
- Newari: “मेसिना जलसन्धि”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Messinastredet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Messinasundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messinastredet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messinasundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strittu di Missina”
- Norwegian: “Messinastredet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Estrech de Messina”
- Ossetian: “Мессинæйы донкъубал”
- Persian: “تنگه مسینا”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Messyńska”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Mesyńska”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Messina”
- Portuguese: “Estreitos de Messina”
- Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Messina”
- Russian: “Мессенский пролив”
- Russian: “Мессинский пролив”
- Russian: “Сикульский пролив”
- Serbian: “Mesinski moreuz”
- Serbian: “Месински мореуз”
- Serbian: “Месински теснац”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mesinski moreuz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mesinski prolaz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mesinski tjesnac”
- Sicilian: “Strettu di Missina”
- Sicilian: “Strettu i Missina”
- Sicilian: “Strittu di Missina”
- Slovak: “Messinská úžina”
- Slovak: “Messinský prieliv”
- Slovenian: “Mesinska ožina”
- Slovenian: “Mesinski preliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Mesina”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Messina”
- Swedish: “Messina-sundet”
- Swedish: “Messinasundet”
- Swedish: “Stretto di Messina”
- Thai: “ช่องแคบเมสซีนา”
- Turkish: “Messina Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Мессинська протока”
- Ukrainian: “Мессінська протока”
- Uzbek: “Messina bo‘g‘ozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina Bo‘g‘ozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina bo’g’ozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina Bo’g’ozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina bo`g`ozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina Bo`g`ozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina boʻgʻozi”
- Uzbek: “Messina Boʻgʻozi”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Messina”
- Vietnamese: “Messina”
- Vlaams: “Stroate van Messina”
- Welsh: “Culfor Messina”
- Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Messina”
- Wu Chinese: “墨西拿海峡”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Torre di Faro and Piale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capo Peloro Lighthouse and Faro Point.
Sicily: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Palermo, Messina, Catania, and Mount Etna.
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