The Ionian Sea lies to the south of Italy and forms the eastern coast of Greece. Greece is further south than Italy.
The Ionian Sea.
The Ionian Sea.
The Gulf of Taranto is found between Italy's two southern points.
The Ionian sea is to the south of Italy and to the east of Greece. It is part of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Gulf of Taranto is found between Italy's two southern points.
The Gulf of Taranto is found between Italy's two southern points.
Italy and Greece's closest points lie between the city of Otranto in Italy and the city of Sidari on the Greek island of Corfu. The distance over-water between the countries (via the Strait of Otranto) is roughly 105 km or roughly 65 miles. However, the over-land distance between Italy and Greece (tracking through former Yugoslavia) is over 800 km or 500 miles.
The primary bodies of water near Greece are the Aegean Sea to the east, between Greece and Turkey, and the Ionian Sea to the west, between Greece and Italy.
The Mediterranean Sea reaches Greece, Italy, France, and Spain.
The Mediterranean Sea borders these three countries as well as southern France, Monaco, Spain, northern Morocco, Algeria , Tunisia, Malta, Libya, Egypt Israel, Lebanon and Syria, Cyprus, , Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia, In particular, the coasts of Italy, Greece and part of Turkey are on specific bodies of water which are part of the Mediterranean Sea and are determined by the geographical shape of this sea in these areas. The western coast of Italy is on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The eastern coast of Italy is on the Adriatic Sea. The southern coast of Italy and the western coast of Greece are separated by the Ionian Sea. The eastern coast of Greece and the western coast of Turkey are separated by the Aegean Sea.
Ionian Sea The body of the water to the south of Italy and the east of Greece is the Ionian Sea. It is part of the Mediterranean Sea.
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