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Ionian Sea
an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea, bounded by Southern Italy (Calabria, Sicily, Salento peninsula) to the west, southern Albania to the north, and the west coast of Greece to the east
Ionian Islands
group of islands in the Ionian Sea
Strait of Otranto
strait that connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania
Battle of Lepanto
1571 naval battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire
Strait of Messina
strait between Sicily and Calabria
Battle of Preveza
1538 naval battle of the Third Ottoman–Venetian War
2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster
shipwreck of a ship carrying migrants off Pylos, Greece
Calypso Deep
deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea
Messolongi Lagoon
lagoon in West Greece
Isola Bella
island in Sicily, Italy
Copanello
Copanello or Copanello de Stalettì is a frazione (a hamlet, in Italy) of the municipality of Stalettì in the province of Catanzaro. It's a seaside resort on the Ionian coast nicknamed la perla dello Jonio catanzarese, i.e. the Pearl of the Ionian Sea of Catanzaro. It is bounded to the north by the Alessi river and to the south by the Lamia torrent. Copanello itself is divided into two hamlets: Copanello Alto and Copanello Lido.
Battle of Preveza
1911 naval battle
Strait of Ithaca
strait in Greece
Hellenic Trench
long narrow depression in the Ionian Sea