Gulf of Corinth

canal in Peloponnese, Greece

gulf of the Ionian Sea, separating Peloponnese from Central Greece

Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos.

multi-span cable-stayed bridge in Greece

Aigio (, ; ), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

seaside town in Phokida, Greece

Galaxidi or Galaxeidi (), is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 126.088 km2.

Athenian navy under Phormio against Peloponnesian fleet

Antikyra or Anticyra () is a port on the west coast of the Gulf of Antikyra named after it. That gulf is a north-coast bay of the Gulf of Corinth. The settlement was made basically on a floor and beach fringing the northeast side of the mountainous Desfina Peninsula. Inscriptional evidence in the region proves that it has been continuous under the same name since classical Greece. Pausanias, an ancient writer, believed that at the beginning of the classical period it had two names, Antikyra and an earlier, Homeric name. Considering that the archaeology from that specific location dates only fr

Nafpaktia (), known in Ancient Greek as Naupactia, is the historical name for the region around the port town of Nafpaktos (Naupactus) in Central Greece. It is administered as a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, with Nafpaktos as its seat. The municipality has an area of 876.209 km2.

Pagae or Pagai (; ), or Pegae or Pegai () was a town of ancient Megaris, on the Alcyonian or Corinthian Gulf. According to some sources of greek mythology Pagae had been the home town of Tereus. It was the harbour of Megaris on the western coast, and was the most important place in the country next to the capital. According to Strabo it was situated on the narrowest part of the Megaric isthmus, the distance from Pagae to Nisaea being 120 stadia. When the Megarians joined Athens in 455 BCE, the Athenians garrisoned Pagae, and its harbour was of service to them in sending out an expedition

village in Phocis, Greece

naval battle between Athenian and Peloponnesian fleets (429 BC)

Tolofon (, also Τολοφώνας, Tolofonas; before 1927: Βιτρινίτσα, Vitrinitsa) is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 131.384 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Erateini. The ancient site of Tolophon is located in the northeastern part of the municipal unit. It is situated on the mountainous north coast of the Gulf of Corinth.

Lechaeum or Lechaion (), also called Lecheae and Lecheum, was the port in ancient Corinthia on the Corinthian Gulf connected with the city of Corinth by means of the Long Walls, 12 stadia in length. The Long Walls ran nearly due north, so that the wall on the right hand was called the eastern, and the one on the left hand the western or Sicyonian. The space between them must have been considerable; since there was sufficient space for an army to be drawn up for battle. Indeed, the area was the scene of battles between Sparta and Athens in 391 BCE, leaving Spartans in command of Lechaeum,

island off Dorida, Greece

small gulf within the Eastern Corinthian gulf in Greece

village in Boeotia, Greece

873 naval battle during the Arab–Byzantine wars

small island group in Corinthiian gulf, Greece