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The '''Gulf of Patras''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος ''Patraikos Kolpos'') is a gulf that stretches from the eastern part of the [[Ionian Sea]] between [[Oxeia]] island and [[Cape Araxos]] in the south in the west up to the [[Gulf of Corinth|Strait of Rion]] at the capes [[Cape Rio|Rio]] and [[Cape Antirrio|Antirrio]] to the east next to the [[Rio-Antirio bridge|Rio-Antitrio Bridge]]. The gulf area is approx. 350 to 400 km². The length is approximately 40 to 50 km and the width ranges from 10 to 20 km. The famous Port of [[Patra]] lies to the southeast and is the only major port on the gulf. The length of the port was 2 km long, it is nearly 5 km long of the southern part is yet to be opened and is not completed. Messolonghi also has a port. Th egulf does not have many ports but has beaches in the south, the east and parts of the north. The old ports of Rio-Antirio lie east of the gulf. The port serves ferry routes to [[Ancona]] and Brindisi in Italy along with [[Kefallonia]]. The shipping routes that are linking [[Athens]] and from the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] and the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern Mediterranean with the western [[Mediterranean]] especially the [[Adriatic]] and the western ports. Fishing is also common because the gulf are rich in [[fish]]es.

There were three battles called the [[Battle of Lepanto]] fought in this gulf in [[1499]], [[1500]] and in [[1571]].

There have been sunken ships including the ''[[Vivi (ship)|Vivi]]'' that hit a mine and sank 30 m below sea level on [[September 11]], [[1940]].

==Cities and towns==

*[[Rio]] east, east, beach
*[[Patra]] east, port and beaches
*[[Paralia]], southeast
*[[Roitika]], southeast
*[[Monodendri]], southeast
*[[Tsoukouleika]], south southeast
*[[Alissos]], south, beach
*[[Alykes (Achaia)|Alykes]], north of [[Kato Achaia]], south
*[[Ioniki Akti]], south
*Mavry Myti, southwest
*Cape Araxos, southwest
*Messolonghi Lagoon, northwest
*[[Messolonghi]], north
*[[Antirrio]], northeast, port

==Tributaries==

**[[Achelous]] River
**[[Louros River]], north
**Glaucos/Glavkos River - [[Panachaicus]] mountains to south of [[Patras, Greece|Patras]]

==External links==

*[http://www.navis.gr/whoiam/patspace.htm Gulf of Patras from Space]
*[http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/landsat/ionian2.html Satellite image of the East Ionian and the Gulf of Patras]
*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14757384&dopt=Abstract
*http://11gym-patras.ach.sch.gr/iv.htm (in Greek)

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−	The '''Gulf of Patras''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος ''Patraikos Kolpos'') is a gulf that stretches from the eastern part of the [[Ionian Sea]] between [[Oxeia]] island and [[Cape Araxos]] in the south in the west up to the [[Gulf of Corinth\|Strait of Rion]] at the capes [[Cape Rio\|Rio]] and [[Cape Antirrio\|Antirrio]] to the east next to the [[Rio-Antirio bridge\|Rio-Antitrio Bridge]]. The gulf area is approx. 350 to 400 km². The length is approximately 40 to 50 km and the width ranges from 10 to 20 km. The famous Port of [[Patra]] lies to the southeast and is the only major port on the gulf. The length of the port was 2 km long, it is nearly 5 km long of the southern part is yet to be opened and is not completed. Messolonghi also has a port. Th egulf does not have many ports but has beaches in the south, the east and parts of the north. The old ports of Rio-Antirio lie east of the gulf. The port serves ferry routes to Ancona and Brindisi in Italy along with [[Kefallonia]]. The shipping routes that are linking [[Athens]] and from the [[Aegean Sea\|Aegean]] and the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern Mediterranean with the western Mediterranean especially the Adriatic and the western ports. Fishing is also common because the gulf are rich in ~~[[fish]]es~~.	+	The '''Gulf of Patras''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος ''Patraikos Kolpos'') is a gulf that stretches from the eastern part of the [[Ionian Sea]] between [[Oxeia]] island and [[Cape Araxos]] in the south in the west up to the [[Gulf of Corinth\|Strait of Rion]] at the capes [[Cape Rio\|Rio]] and [[Cape Antirrio\|Antirrio]] to the east next to the [[Rio-Antirio bridge\|Rio-Antitrio Bridge]]. The gulf area is approx. 350 to 400 km². The length is approximately 40 to 50 km and the width ranges from 10 to 20 km. The famous Port of [[Patra]] lies to the southeast and is the only major port on the gulf. The length of the port was 2 km long, it is nearly 5 km long of the southern part is yet to be opened and is not completed. Messolonghi also has a port. Th egulf does not have many ports but has beaches in the south, the east and parts of the north. The old ports of Rio-Antirio lie east of the gulf. The port serves ferry routes to Ancona and Brindisi in Italy along with [[Kefallonia]]. The shipping routes that are linking [[Athens]] and from the [[Aegean Sea\|Aegean]] and the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern Mediterranean with the western Mediterranean especially the Adriatic and the western ports. Fishing is also common because the gulf are rich in fishes.

	There were three battles called the [[Battle of Lepanto]] fought in this gulf in [[1499]], [[1500]] and in [[1571]].		There were three battles called the [[Battle of Lepanto]] fought in this gulf in [[1499]], [[1500]] and in [[1571]].

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−	The '''Gulf of Patras''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος ''Patraikos Kolpos'') is a gulf that stretches from the eastern part of the [[Ionian Sea]] between [[Oxeia]] island and [[Cape Araxos]] in the south in the west up to the [[Gulf of Corinth\|Strait of Rion]] at the capes [[Cape Rio\|Rio]] and [[Cape Antirrio\|Antirrio]] to the east next to the [[Rio-Antirio bridge\|Rio-Antitrio Bridge]]. The gulf area is approx. 350 to 400 km². The length is approximately 40 to 50 km and the width ranges from 10 to 20 km. The famous Port of [[Patra]] lies to the southeast and is the only major port on the gulf. The length of the port was 2 km long, it is nearly 5 km long of the southern part is yet to be opened and is not completed. Messolonghi also has a port. Th egulf does not have many ports but has beaches in the south, the east and parts of the north. The old ports of Rio-Antirio lie east of the gulf. The port serves ferry routes to [[Ancona]] and Brindisi in Italy along with [[Kefallonia]]. The shipping routes that are linking [[Athens]] and from the [[Aegean Sea\|Aegean]] and the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern Mediterranean with the western [[Mediterranean]] especially the [[Adriatic]] and the western ports. Fishing is also common because the gulf are rich in [[fish]]es.	+	The '''Gulf of Patras''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος ''Patraikos Kolpos'') is a gulf that stretches from the eastern part of the [[Ionian Sea]] between [[Oxeia]] island and [[Cape Araxos]] in the south in the west up to the [[Gulf of Corinth\|Strait of Rion]] at the capes [[Cape Rio\|Rio]] and [[Cape Antirrio\|Antirrio]] to the east next to the [[Rio-Antirio bridge\|Rio-Antitrio Bridge]]. The gulf area is approx. 350 to 400 km². The length is approximately 40 to 50 km and the width ranges from 10 to 20 km. The famous Port of [[Patra]] lies to the southeast and is the only major port on the gulf. The length of the port was 2 km long, it is nearly 5 km long of the southern part is yet to be opened and is not completed. Messolonghi also has a port. Th egulf does not have many ports but has beaches in the south, the east and parts of the north. The old ports of Rio-Antirio lie east of the gulf. The port serves ferry routes to Ancona and Brindisi in Italy along with [[Kefallonia]]. The shipping routes that are linking [[Athens]] and from the [[Aegean Sea\|Aegean]] and the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern Mediterranean with the western Mediterranean especially the Adriatic and the western ports. Fishing is also common because the gulf are rich in [[fish]]es.

	There were three battles called the [[Battle of Lepanto]] fought in this gulf in [[1499]], [[1500]] and in [[1571]].		There were three battles called the [[Battle of Lepanto]] fought in this gulf in [[1499]], [[1500]] and in [[1571]].