Gulf of Corinth Totally Explained

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The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. It is bounded in the east by the Isthmus of Corinth which includes the shipping route of the Corinth Canal, and in the west by the Strait of Rion, which separates the Gulf of Corinth from the outer Gulf of Patras at Cape Drepano, where the narrowest point is crossed by the Rion-Antirio bridge. The Gulf of Corinth is almost surrounded by the prefectures of Aetolia-Acarnania, Phocis in the north, Boeotia in the northeast, Attica in the east, Corinthia in the southeast and south and Achaea in the southwest. The gulf is one of the most seismic regions in Europe.
In medieval times, the gulf was known as the Gulf of Lepanto. Here the third Battle of Lepanto was fought in 1571, destroying the Ottoman fleet. In 1772 another Turkish fleet was destroyed by the Russians at the entrance to the gulf. The town of Lepanto is now named Naupactus.
The shipping routes between Athens and to the ports of the rest of the world including the Mediterranean ports pass along this gulf. Ferry routes link Aigio and Agios Nikolaos in the western part of the gulf.

Length: 130 km
Width: 8.4 to 32 km
Max Depth 935 m

Geology of the gulf

The Gulf is being created by the expansion of a tectonic rift due to the westward movement of the Anatolian Plate, and expands by 10 mm per year (External Link

). The surrounding faults can produce earthquakes up to magnitude 6.8 though are few and far between.

Gulfs and Bays

Crisaean Gulf, N

Dombraina (Domvrena), N

Strait of Rion W

Cities and towns

The cities and towns that lie next to the gulf are:

Nafpaktos (northwest)

Sergoula Beach, no port, beach

Glyfada, no port

Spilia, no port

Agios Nikolaos (north)

Galaxidi (north), small port

Itea (north), small port

Kirra (north), no port

Agios Vasileios, small port

Porto Germeno (Aigosthena), east, small port, beaches

Psatha, east, huge beach

Alepochori, (southeast)

Loutraki, no port

Corinth (southeast)

Kiato, (southeast)

Xylokastro (south)

Derveni

Krathio (southwest), no port

Diakopto (southwest), beach town

Aigio (southwest)

Patra (southeast), major port

Longos (southwest)

Selianitika (southwest)

Akoli Beach (southwest)

Kato Rodina (west southwest)

Psathopyrgos (west)

Tributaries

Northern ebbing

Mornos River

southern ebbing

Volinaios River

Selemnos River

creek E of Arachovitika and Drepano

Selinounta River

Vouraikos River

river east of Diakopto

Stygas River

Zacholitikos River

Asopus River (Corinthia)

Sythas River - XylokastroFurther Information

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