Toronean Gulf Toronaic Gulf Kassandra Gulf | |
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Location | Central Macedonia |
Coordinates | 40°8′N 23°38′E / 40.133°N 23.633°E |
Type | Gulf |
Etymology | Toroni |
Part of | Aegean Sea |
Basin countries | Greece |
The Toronean Gulf or Toroneos Gulf (Greek: Τορωναίος κόλπος, romanized: Toronaios Kolpos) and Toronaic Gulf (Ancient Greek: Τορωναϊκὸς κόλπος),[1] also known as the Kassandra Gulf (Greek: Κόλπος Κασσάνδρας, romanized: Kolpos 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.