The Strymonian or Strymonic Gulf (), also known as the Orfano Gulf (), is a branch of the
Thracian Sea—itself part of the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some . In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn con ...
—lying east of the
Chalcidice
Chalkidiki (; , alternatively Halkidiki), also known as Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedon ...
peninsula and south of the
Serres regional unit. It was formerly known as the Gulf of Rendina, in reference to the ancient colony of
Eion along the gulf's shores.
The river
Struma/Strymon empties into the gulf.
The largest towns on the Strymonic Gulf, with their respective administrative divisions, are:
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Asprovalta,
Stavros,
Nea Vrasna (
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...
regional unit,
Central Macedonia
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);
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Orfani (
Kavala regional unit,
East Macedonia and Thrace);
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Olympiada,
Stratoni (
Chalkidiki regional unit, Central Macedonia);
*
Nea Kerdylia,
Amfipoli
Amphipolis (; ) was an important Ancient Greece, ancient Greek Polis, polis (city), and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of Amphipolis (municipality), Amphipoli, in the Ser ...
(
Serres regional unit, Central Macedonia).
Three mountains form the natural border of the Gulf:
Pangaio to the north-east,
Kerdylio to the north, and
Stratoni to the south.
External links
strymonic-gulf.com
Gulfs of Greece
Gulfs of the Aegean Sea
Landforms of Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Landforms of Central Macedonia
Landforms of Kavala (regional unit)
Landforms of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Landforms of Chalkidiki
Landforms of Serres (regional unit)
Thracian Sea
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