Patraikos Kolpos
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<font color="red">Warning:</font> The northwestern shores of the gulf, near Messolongi, are a shallow marshland difficult to navigate as charts can be unreliable due to shifting conditions. | <font color="red">Warning:</font> The northwestern shores of the gulf, near Messolongi, are a shallow marshland difficult to navigate as charts can be unreliable due to shifting conditions. | ||
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BA 1676 Prokopos Patron and entrance to Korintiakós Kólpos | BA 1676 Prokopos Patron and entrance to Korintiakós Kólpos | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 9 May 2008
Patraikos Kolpos
Background
Patraikos Kolpos (Πατραϊκός Κόλπος) or Gulf of Patras is dominated by the large commercial harbor of Patras (Πάτρα) the third largest city in Greece. It is bounded on the west by the Ionian Sea, to the north by mainland Greece, to the east by the Rio-Antirio strait leading to the Gulf of Corinth, and to the south by northern Peloponnese. The gulf is not a favored cruising ground but passage route of yachts coming or going from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean. Nevertheless there are here several pleasant ports and anchorages.
The prevailing wind in Patraikos Kolpos in the summer is from the west and it rarely exceeds force 6. Like the meltemi it reaches it peak in the middle of the day and subsides in the evening. In the autumn and spring the wind can be either from the east or from the west.
Danger: From the late autumn to the early spring the weather can be very volatile with violent thunderstorms and waterspouts.
Warning: The northwestern shores of the gulf, near Messolongi, are a shallow marshland difficult to navigate as charts can be unreliable due to shifting conditions.
Charts
BA 1676 Prokopos Patron and entrance to Korintiakós Kólpos
Imray-Tetra G13 Gulfs of Patras and Corinth
NIMA 54287 PatraikosKolpos & Approaches
Greek 40 PatraikosKolpos
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