Bay of Vlorë

The Bay of Vlorë is a large bay of the Adriatic Sea situated along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast on the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Europe. It opens to the sea in the northwest and is largely surrounded by the lagoon of in the north, the city of in the northeast, the mountains of the Ceraunians in the east and southeast, and the peninsula of Karaburun in the southwest and west.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Albania
  • Also known as: “Baai van Vlore”, “Baai van Vlorë”, “Bahía de Valona”, “Bai von Valona”, “Bay of Avlona”, “Gji i Vlonës”, “Gji i Vlorës”, “Gjiri i Vlores”, “Gjiu i Vlonës”, “Golf van Vlore”, “Golf von Valona”, “Kolpos Avlonos”, “Valona Bay”, “Valonski Zaliv”, “Vaona Bay”, “Vlona”, “Vlonë Bay”, “Zaliv Vlëra”, and “Zaliv Vlora”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vlorë and Nartë.

Photo: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in .

Village
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is a community in . is situated 7 km north of Bay of Vlorë.

Village
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is a settlement in the , southwestern . is situated 8 km east of Bay of Vlorë.

Bay of Vlorë

Latitude
40.43522° or 40° 26′ 7″ north
Longitude
19.42866° or 19° 25′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FGXCCPH+3F
Geo­Names ID
3183718
Wiki­data ID
Q999082
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Bay of Vlorë” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gjiri i Vlorës”
  • Albanian: “Gjiu i Vlorës”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avloniya (körfəz)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avloniya”
  • Basque: “Vlorëko badia”
  • Belarusian: “Влёрскі заліў”
  • Bulgarian: “Вльора (залив)”
  • Bulgarian: “Вльора”
  • Catalan: “badia de Vlorë”
  • Chinese: “發羅拉灣”
  • Czech: “Vlorský záliv”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Vlorë”
  • Esperanto: “Golfeto de Vlorë”
  • Finnish: “Vlorënlahti”
  • French: “baie de Valona”
  • French: “Baie de Valona”
  • German: “Bucht von Vlora”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος του Αυλώνα”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ ולורה”
  • Hungarian: “Vlorai-öböl”
  • Irish: “Bá Vlorë”
  • Italian: “Baia di Valona”
  • Korean: “블로러만”
  • Lithuanian: “Vliorės įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Валонски Залив”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Wlorska”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Vlorë”
  • Russian: “Влёра (залив)”
  • Russian: “Влёра”
  • Slovak: “Vlorský záliv”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Vlorë”
  • Swedish: “Vlorabukten”
  • Turkish: “Avlonya Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вльорська затока”
  • Welsh: “Bae Vlorë”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ujete e Ftohte and Kavallono.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Plazhi i Vjetër and Vlores.

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Worth a closer look: Tirana and Durrës.

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