An arm of the Mediterranean lying between southern Italy, Sicily, Albania and western Greece, among the deepest parts of the Mediterranean basin. Its clear waters and coastline have long made it a center of Greek and Italian maritime trade and settlement.
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Maximum Depth (m) Connections
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1. Ionian Sea - Wikipedia
Introduction
Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at 5,109 m (16,762 ft), is in the Ionian Sea
Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
38 N 19 E
Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
38 N 19 E
View the SourceWikidata: Ionian Sea
- Wikidata Q37495, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
On Continent: Europe, Introduction
It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania (and western Apulia, Italy) to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese.
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