Toronean Gulf

Toronean Gulf
Toronaic Gulf
Kassandra Gulf
Location of the Toronean Gulf within Greece
Location of the Toronean Gulf within Greece
Toronean Gulf
Toronaic Gulf
Kassandra Gulf
Location of the Toronean Gulf within Greece
LocationCentral Macedonia
Coordinates40°8′N 23°38′E / 40.133°N 23.633°E / 40.133; 23.633
TypeGulf
EtymologyToroni
Part ofAegean Sea
Basin countriesGreece

The Toronean Gulf or Toroneos Gulf (Greek: Τορωναίος κόλπος, romanizedToronaios Kolpos) and Toronaic Gulf (Ancient Greek: Τορωναϊκὸς κόλπος),[1] also known as the Kassandra Gulf (Greek: Κόλπος Κασσάνδρας, romanizedKolpos Kassandras), is a gulf of the Thracian Sea, part of the northern Aegean Sea, in Chalkidiki, Greece.[2] It lies between the Kassandra peninsula in the west,[3] and Sithonia in the east.

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §T629.10
  2. ^ "Τορωναίος κόλπος". wikimapia.org (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  3. ^ "Double bounded contingent valuation of quality improvement in a coastal environment". Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, at Cania, Crete, Greece – via ResearchGate.