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The '''Ionian Sea''' is an arm of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], south of the [[Adriatic Sea]]. It is bordered by southern [[Italy]] like Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, and by southwestern [[Albania]], like Saranda and Himara, and a large number of [[Greece|Greek]] islands, like [[Corfu]], [[Zante]], [[Kephalonia]], [[Ithaka]], and [[Lefkas]] to the east. The islands are most of the time referred to as the Ionian Islands, and other islands like the Strophades, Sphagia, Schiza, Sapientza and Kythira. The sea is one of the most [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seismic seismic] areas in the world. |
The '''Ionian Sea''' is an arm of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], south of the [[Adriatic Sea]]. It is bordered by southern [[Italy]] like Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, and by southwestern [[Albania]], like Saranda and Himara, and a large number of [[Greece|Greek]] islands, like [[Corfu]], [[Zante]], [[Kephalonia]], [[Ithaka]], and [[Lefkas]] to the east. The islands are most of the time referred to as the Ionian Islands, and other islands like the Strophades, Sphagia, Schiza, Sapientza and Kythira. The sea is one of the most <ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seismic Ionian seismic]</ref> areas in the world. |
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There are ferry routes between Patras, Greece and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. |
There are ferry routes between Patras, Greece and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. |
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Revision as of 09:43, 5 February 2010
The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bordered by southern Italy like Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, and by southwestern Albania, like Saranda and Himara, and a large number of Greek islands, like Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and Lefkas to the east. The islands are most of the time referred to as the Ionian Islands, and other islands like the Strophades, Sphagia, Schiza, Sapientza and Kythira. The sea is one of the most [1] areas in the world.
There are ferry routes between Patras, Greece and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward.
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