South Euboean Gulf
The South Euboean Gulf (Greek: Νότιος Ευβοϊκός Κόλπος, Notios Evvoïkos Kolpos) is a gulf of the Aegean Sea in Central Greece, between the island of Euboea and the Greek mainland (Boeotia and Attica). With a total length of approximately 40 km (25 mi), it stretches from the Euripus Strait in the northwest, which connects it to the North Euboean Gulf, to the Petalioi Gulf in the southeast.[1] Its area in wide sense, including the Petalioi Gulf, is 900 km2 (350 sq mi).[2] The islet Kavalliani lies in the southeastern entrance to the gulf.[1]
The main city on the South Euboean Gulf is Chalcis, at its northwestern end. Other notable places on the gulf are Eretria, Amarynthos and Aliveri on Euboea, and Avlida, Dilesi, Nea Palatia and Agioi Apostoloi on the Greek mainland.
References
- ^ a b Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 132: Eastern Mediterranean (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2020. p. 242.
- ^ Study of the hydrodynamic transport and diffusion of pollutant cargoes in the Euboean Gulf under tidal conditions and coastal environmental impacts, E. Tsirogiannis, Doctoral thesis Democritus University of Thrace, 2020, p. 2. (in Greek)