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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 [[Rio-Antirio bridge|Rion-Antirio bridge]]. The Gulf of Corinth is almost surrounded by the prefectures of [[Aitoloakarnania]], [[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 Ottoman times, the gulf was known as the '''Gulf of Lepanto'''. Here the third [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto]] was fought in 1571, resulting in the destruction of 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 [[Nafpaktos]].

*Length: 130 km
*Width: 8.4 to 32 km

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.

==Geology of the gulf==
The Gulf is being created by the expansion of a tectonic rift, and still expands by about 30 mm per year. The surrounding faults have important seismic activity.

==Gulfs and Bays==

*[[Crisaean Gulf]], 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 (Fokida)|Glyfada]], no port
*[[Spilia (Fokida)|Spilia]], no port
*[[Agios Nikolaos (Fokida)|Agios Nikolaos]] (north)
*[[Galaxidi]] (north), small port
*[[Itea]] (north), small port
*near [[Kirrha|Kirra]] (north), no port
*[[Aigosthenes]], east
*[[Loutraki]], no port
*[[Corinth]] (southeast)
*[[Kiato]], southeast
*[[Xylokastro]] (south)
*[[Derveni]]
*[[Krathio]] (southwest), no port
*[[Diakopto]] (southwest), beach town
*[[Aigio]] (southwest)
*[[Longos, Greece|Longos]] (southwest)
*[[Akoli]] Beach (southwest)
*[[Kato Rodina]] (west southwest)
*[[Psathopyrgos]] (west)

==Tributaries==
===Northern ebbing===
*[[Mornos]] River

===southern ebbing===
*creek N of [[Rio]]
*creek W of [[Agios Vasileios (Achaia)|Agios Vasileios]]
*creek E of [[Arachovitika]] and [[Drepano (Achaia)|Drepano]]
*[[Selinus]] River
*Asopus River (Corinthia)
*[[Sythas]] River - [[Xylokastro]]

==External links==

*http://www.corinth-rift-lab.org/index_en.html
*[http://www.microimages.com/tntserver/corinth.htm Atlas of the Gulf of Corinth]
*[http://www.ifremer.fr/assem/corinth/gulf_of_corinth_2004.htm Photos of the Corinthian Gulf]
*[http://www.sikyon.com/Sicyon/smapnew_eg.html Map of the Corinthian Gulf]

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