Aegean Sea

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The Aegean Sea is not only the cradle of western civilization but also one of the world's premier cruising and yachting regions because of its many anchorages for sailing yachts, and historical sites.

The Aegean Sea cruising region has an area of 214,000 km2. Its north-south axis is 330 nM and its east-west axis 162 nM. Other then its Greek and Turkish shore-lines, it consists of 1,415 islands and islets most of them belonging to Greece. It is a deep sea with a maximum depth of 3,543 m (11,624 ft).

The history of the Aegean goes back to Neolithic times when obsidian artifacts (knives, razors, spears, etc.) were made in the island of Milos. By 4000 BC Neolithic colonists were living on Crete and most of the Cyclades where an advanced civilization started to develop, the Cycladic Civilization ushering in the Bronze Age. These were the people who built a wealthy town in Akrotiri, Santorini with its magnificent fresco paintings. On Crete a new seafaring civilization, the Minoan flourished (2000-1450 BC) with its marvelous palaces, paintings, advanced plumbing, and vases. By 1500 BC a new civilization emerged on the Greek mainland, the Myceneans who spoke an early version of Greek, kept records on clay tablets, built palaces, traded with the Egyptians to the south and the Phoenicians to the east. In either the 12th or 11th century BC the Mycenaeans, also known as the Aecheans, invaded Troy. The Trojan War became part of the Greek oral tradition and was told by many bards. One of them, Homer, wrote his famous epic poems the Iliad, describing the last year of the war, and the Odyssey describing the travails of the return of the hero Odysseus from Troy to his native Ithaca.

The Mycenaeans were supplanted by the Dorians, Greek speaking people who came from the north. They brought the Iron Age to the Aegean and were the ancestors of the Spartans. Following this invasion the Aegean region lapsed into a decline which has been labeled the “Dark Age.” It lasted from 1150 to 800 BC.

The period between 750 to 480 BC is known as the Archaic Period. During this time many of the historical Greek city-states (polis) developed and established many colonies along the Asian Aegean coast, democracy was invented in Athens, poetry (Hesiod, Homer, Alcaeus, Sappho, Corinna), philosophy and the sciences (Pythagoras, Anaximander, Thales) flourished. In the east the Lydians and the Carians were first invaded by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and then the Persians. The latter made two invasions onto Greece. The first ended by the amazing Athenian victory of the Battle of Marathon at 490 BC. The second invasion, ten years later, led by the Persian “King of Kings” Xerxes resulted in the slaughter of the Spartan king Leonidas at Thermopilae, the destruction of Athens, and against great odds the total defeat of the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC, and the rout of the Persian army and navy at Plataea and Mycale which took place on the same day in August 479 BC.

Following the defeat of the Persians, Greece and its Ionian colonies along the Asian coast of the Aegean flourished and a period of prosperity and creativity followed, the Classical Period (448-404 BC) dominated by Athens and the Delian League. This is the age of Pericles when the Parthenon was built with sculptors such a Phidias, and Myron and the painter Euphronius, when philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle taught, and theater with the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides and the comedies of Aristophanes were first staged. Unfortunately the former allies, Athens and Sparta, went to war with each other in 431, the Peloponnesian War which lasted for 27 years ending with the total defeat of Athens. Sparta, in her turn, was defeated by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC.

In 368 BC in Macedonia, in northern Greece, a prince was born who was destined to change not only the history of the Aegean but of all the known world. This was Philip II. When he became king he expanded his kingdom to the north and east and then to the south. He was succeeded by his son Alexander a pupil of Aristotle. Alexander, better known as Alexander the Great, first conquered all of Greece and then attacked the Persian Empire. In 333 BC in the Battle of Issus with the defeat of the Darius III the Persian Empire became a member of the new Macedonian Empire. Then Alexander marched further east reaching the Indus river in India and to the south conquering Egypt. After Alexander's death, in 323 BC, his vast empire was split to four kingdoms ruled by his former generals. This was the Hellinistic Era which lasted until 146 BC when the Roman Republic conquered mainland Greece. During the Hellenistic period philosophy and the sciences flourished especially in Athens and Alexandria.

After the Roman conquest of Greece the Aegean became a Roman lake although piracy was common. Even Julius Caesar was held by pirates for ransom in the island of Pharmakonisi. After Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC and the civil war that followed the Roman Republic became an Empire with Augustus (27 BC to 14 AD) its firs emperor. The empire lasted to the 4th century AD. In 330 AD the Roman Emperor Constantine I (also known as Constantine the Great 272–337 AD) moved the capital from Rome to the small town of Byzantium (now Istanbul). This was the beginning of the Byzantine or Easter Roman Empire (330 – 1453 AD).

The Byzantine Empire reached its apogee during the reign of Justinian (527-565 AD) when it extended from the Black Sea to Spain. During the evolution of the empire it's official language changed from Latin to Greek. The empire was almost constantly at war; first with tribes from the north, the Persians to the south, the Arabs (780–1180), and the Bulgarians in the 10th century.

In the 10th century a Turkish people, the Seljuq Turks, advanced west from Asia and by 1092 had conquered all of the Asian coast of the Aegean having defeated the Byzantine emperor Romanos IV. In the west, two rival maritime powers had been emerging Venice and Genoa. These republics first started trading in the Aegean and as the Byzantines were weakening they began to dominate several islands. Then, in 1095 the Pope in Rome launched the First Crusade to “liberate” Palestine from the Arabs who from the 6th century had become Moslems. This crusade, followed by 3 more, further squeezed the Byzantines. Finally, during the Fourth Crusade, the crusaders, instead of liberating Jerusalem, attacked Constantinople and on the 13 of April 1204 overcame its defenses, captured the city and for three days massacred its population. After this, the crusaders divided the Aegean islands and most Aegean cities among themselves and their allies the Venetians and Genoese. The Byzantines eventually reclaimed Constantinople in 1261 but the Aegean was by then under the crusaders, referred to by them as the Franks. Notable among the Franks were the Knights Hospitaller who established themselves in Rhodes, and the Venicians in Crete and Naxos.

By the late 13th century, the Seljuq Seljuk Empire had collapsed and Anatolia (Asia Minor) was divided into many small states. In one of these states a small tribe under its leader Osman started to dominate its neighbors. This tribe encroached on the, by now shadow of its former self, Byzantine Empire and finally on the 29th of May 1453, its sultan (king) Mehmed II, captured Constantinople. The last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos fell fighting. Now a new empire became dominant in the Aegean, the Ottoman Empire.

After the demise of the Byzantines, piracy became rampant in the Aegean. The main characters were the Knights Hospitaller attacking Moslem ships from their strongholds in Rhodes, Cyprus, and Bodrum, and various Greek and Turkish pirates from the islands and from as far as the western Mediterranean African coast (Barbary). In the meantime, the Ottoman Empire kept growing reaching its apogee during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566). He besieged Rhodes in 1522 and drove off the knights who moved their center of operations west to Malta. He also appointed the infamous Barbary pirate Hayreddin Barbarossa, who was born on the island of Lesvos from a Greek mother and a Turkish father, admiral of the Ottoman fleet. In 1538, Barbarossa in the Battle of Preveza defeated the fleet assembled by the Pope and under the command of the Genoese admiral Andrea Doria thus further diminishing the influence of the Venetians and Genoese in the Aegean. However, the Ottoman fortunes were reversed in 1571 by the sea Battle of Lepanto. In 1669 the Venetians were ousted by the Ottomans from their stronghold in Crete.

In 1821 the Greeks revolted against their Ottoman overlords. Instrumental to the Greek War of Independence was the participation of Greek owned ships from the Aegean islands. The islanders, with a naval tradition of thousands of years, had been serving as crews to the Ottoman fleets and were engaging in inter-island trade and piracy. They found themselves in the possession of a sizable fleet of small armed vessels crewed by very able seamen. During the war they scored several naval victories. In 1827, in the Battle of Navarino, a joint British, French and Russian naval force annihilated the Ottoman fleet and paved the way for the establishment of the modern Greek state. In the meantime, the Ottoman Empire kept declining leading to the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908. The Turco-Italian War of 1911-12 led to the possession of the Dodecanese islands by Italy.

World War I (1914 to 1918) found the very much weakened Ottomans allied with the German block while the Greeks were allied with the British block. The most bloody battle in the Aegean was the Battle of Gallipoli where, against all odds, the Turkish forces under the command of a young officer Mustafa Kemal prevailed. At the conclusion of the war the Treaty of Sèvres gave to Greece the region of Smyrna (Izmir) which the Greek Army occupied in May 21, 1919. This led to the Greco-Turkish War. Turkish forces, led by Mustafa Kemal, opposed and finally defeated the Greeks and in 9 September 1922 they recaptured Izmir. This led to a mass exodus of the Greek population and to the Turkish War of Independence and the foundation of the Republic of Turkey on September 18, 1922 with Mustafa Kemal, now known as Atatürk, it's first president. The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) provided for the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, not only caused untold misery but completely changed the demographics of the Aegean Asian coast and of several islands.

During the World War II Turkey was neutral while Greece fought with the Allies against the Axis. The Aegean islands were first occupied by the Italians and then by the Germans. At the conclusion of the war, the Dodecanese group of islands became Greek.

Charts

BA
180 Aegean Sea
Imray-Tetra
G1 Mainland Greece and Peloponnisos
G2 Aegean Sea (North Part)
G3 Southern Aegean
NIMA
54020 Aegean Sea (Greece-Turkey)
54021 Aegean Sea
Greek
47 Aigaio Sea - Northern Part
4 Aigaio Sea -Southern part
Turkey
20 Aegean Sea

Weather

Meltemi in the Aegean

The summer weather in the Aegean is dominated by the Etesian winds (meltemi in Greek, meltem in Turkish) which comes from the NE in the north and west Aegean and from the NW in the south and east. Usually it is a light sailing breeze of force 4-5 in the early morning hours but as the day progresses it strengthens to 5-6 by the afternoon and subsides by sunset. However from middle June to mid September you can count on the meltemi to become a gale of force 7-8 and occasionally 9. These gales usually last 3-4 days.

From October to mid May the probability is equal for either northerly or southerly winds. Winds of force 10 are not uncommon in the winter months. Violent thunderstorms are also probable by late October to early May. The southern winter winds are particularly treacherous and unpredictable.

Sources for weather information:

Currents & Tides

Typical Surface Currents in the Aegean Sea

The surface currents in the Aegean Sea are roughly counter-clockwise: they flow towards the north up the Asian coast and then turn west and southwest but because of the many islands and narrow channels between the islands the flow can change and is at times the opposite of the general flow. In general this current is not very strong and it rarely exceeds 1.2 knots. You can get up to date maps of surface current, temperature, and water elevation (tides) from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research.

In general the tides in the Aegean Sea are weak - about 10-30 cm (except in the Gulf of Evia and Pagasitikos Gulf) where they can reach 0.8 m at springs.

The tidal streams in the Aegean are weak except in Halkis where at springs they reach 7 knots.

Passages

There many possible passages in the Aegean Sea with its multitude of islands and long shorelines. In general, there are two categories of cruisers with interested in the Aegean: cruisers who transit the Aegean on their way to and from the Suez Canal, and cruisers who spend considerable time exploring this enchanting sea. The needs of the former are addressed in Mediterranean Passages while the needs of the later are addressed here.

In Greece, the majority of yachts are concentrated in the Athens Region, with smaller concentrations in NE Peloponnese (Porto Heli, Ermioni) and the Eastern Aegean islands (Samos, Leros, Kos, and Rhodes). In Aegean Turkey, the major yachting centers are: Çesme, Kuşadasi, Bodrum, and Marmaris.

Major cruising areas in Greece are: the Cyclades, the North Sporades, East Peloponnese, Samos Sea, and Dodechanese. In Turkey, the major cruising areas are: the Ionian Coast and especially the Carian Coast.


Countries, Ports, Anchorages, and Islands

Greece

North Aegean NE Aegean North Dodecanese South Dodecanese
KavalaKavala/wiki/Kavala Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Porto LagoPorto Lago/wiki/Porto_Lago Harbour icon – harbour |
Maronia Maronia/wiki/Maronia Harbour icon – harbour |
Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis/wiki/Alexandroupolis Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Thasos Thasos/wiki/Thasos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Samothrace Samothrace /wiki/Samothrace Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |
Limnos Limnos /wiki/Limnos Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ayios Efstratios Ayios Efstratios /wiki/Ayios_Efstratios Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |
Lesvos Lesvos /wiki/Lesvos Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Psara Psara /wiki/Psara Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Oinousses Oinousses /wiki/Oinousses Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Chios Chios /wiki/Chios Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Samos Samos /wiki/Samos Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ikaria Ikaria /wiki/Ikaria Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Fourni Fourni /wiki/Fourni Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Agathonisi Agathonisi/wiki/Agathonisi Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Patmos Patmos /wiki/Patmos Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Arki and Marathi Arki and Marathi/wiki/Arki_and_Marathi Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Lipsi Lipsi /wiki/Lipsi Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Leros Leros /wiki/Leros Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kalymnos Kalymnos /wiki/Kalymnos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Pharmakonisi Pharmakonisi /wiki/Pharmakonisi Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Pserimos Pserimos /wiki/Pserimos Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Levitha and Kinaros Levitha and Kinaros/wiki/Levitha_and_Kinaros Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kos Kos /wiki/Kos Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Niseros and Yiali Niseros and Yiali/wiki/Niseros_and_Yiali Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Astypalea Astypalea /wiki/Astypalea Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Syrna Syrna /wiki/Syrna Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Tilos Tilos /wiki/Tilos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
SýmiSými/wiki/Symi Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
ChálkiChálki/wiki/Chalki Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
AlimniáAlimniá/wiki/Alimnia Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Rhodes Rhodes /wiki/Rhodes Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kasos Kasos /wiki/Kasos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |
Karpathos Karpathos /wiki/Karpathos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kastelorizo Kastelorizo /wiki/Kastelorizo Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
North Crete South Crete East Peloponnese South Cyclades
Sitia Sitia /wiki/Sitia Harbour icon – harbour |
Spinaloga Spinaloga /wiki/Spinaloga Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ayios Nikolaos Ayios Nikolaos /wiki/Ayios_Nikolaos Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
Khersonissos Khersonissos /wiki/Khersonissos Harbour icon – harbour |Needs data icon – needs data |
Iraklio Iraklio /wiki/Iraklio Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Rethimno Rethimno /wiki/Rethimno Harbour icon – harbour |
SoudaSouda/wiki/Chania Harbour icon – harbour |
Chania Chania /wiki/Chania Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Kissamos Kissamos /wiki/Kissamos Harbour icon – harbour |
Gramvousa Gramvousa /wiki/Gramvousa Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |Needs data icon – needs data |
Gavdos Gavdos /wiki/Gavdos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Needs data icon – needs data |
Palaiochora Palaiochora /wiki/Palaiochora Harbour icon – harbour |
Ayia Roumeli Ayia Roumeli /wiki/Ayia_Roumeli Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Loutro Loutro /wiki/Loutro Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Chora Sfakion Chora Sfakion /wiki/Chora_Sfakion Harbour icon – harbour |
Kali Limenes Kali Limenes /wiki/Kali_Limenes Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ierapetra Ierapetra /wiki/Ierapetra Harbour icon – harbour |
Ormos Zakros Ormos Zakros /wiki/Ormos_Zakros Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kouremenos Kouremenos /wiki/Kouremenos Anchorage icon – anchorage |
MonemvasíaMonemvasía/wiki/Monemvasia Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Yerakas Yerakas /wiki/Yerakas Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kyparisi or KyparissiaKyparisi or Kyparissia/wiki/Ports_of_NE_Peloponnese Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
LeonidioLeonidio/wiki/Ports_of_NE_Peloponnese Harbour icon – harbour |
AstrosAstros/wiki/Ports_of_NE_Peloponnese Harbour icon – harbour |
NafplioNafplio/wiki/Ports_of_NE_Peloponnese Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Spetses Spetses /wiki/Spetses Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Porto Heli Porto Heli /wiki/Porto_Heli Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ermioni Ermioni /wiki/Ermioni Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
DokosDokos/wiki/Hydra Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Hydra Hydra /wiki/Hydra Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
EpidhavrosEpidhavros/wiki/West_Saronikos Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Anafi Anafi /wiki/Anafi Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Needs data icon – needs data |
Santorini or TheraSantorini or Thera/wiki/Santorini Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Milos Milos /wiki/Milos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kimolos Kimolos /wiki/Kimolos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Folegandros Folegandros /wiki/Folegandros Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Sikinos Sikinos /wiki/Sikinos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |
Ios Ios /wiki/Ios Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Amorgos Amorgos /wiki/Amorgos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Donousa Donousa /wiki/Donousa Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Koufonisia Koufonisia /wiki/Koufonisia Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Schinousa Schinousa /wiki/Schinousa Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Iraklia Iraklia /wiki/Iraklia Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |


North Cyclades Saronikos Gulf Gulf of Evia Pagasitikos Gulf I
Naxos Naxos /wiki/Naxos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Paros Paros /wiki/Paros Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Sifnos Sifnos /wiki/Sifnos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Serifos Serifos /wiki/Serifos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Syros Syros /wiki/Syros Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Rhinia Rhinia /wiki/Rhinia Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
DelosDelos/wiki/Rhinia Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Mykonos Mykonos /wiki/Mykonos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Tinos Tinos /wiki/Tinos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
AndrosAndros/wiki/Andros-Greece Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kythnos Kythnos /wiki/Kythnos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kea Kea /wiki/Kea Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Poros Poros /wiki/Poros Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
West Saronikos West Saronikos /wiki/West_Saronikos Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Salamis Salamis /wiki/Salamis Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Aegina Aegina /wiki/Aegina Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Angistri Angistri /wiki/Angistri Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Attika Coast
  (Coast of Athens)
Attika Coast
  (Coast of Athens)
/wiki/Attika_Coast
Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Lavrio Harbor Lavrio Harbor /wiki/Lavrio_Harbor Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Lavrio Olympic Marine Lavrio Olympic Marine /wiki/Lavrio_Olympic_Marine Marina icon – marina |
KaristosKaristos/wiki/Gulf_of_Evia Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
PetaliiPetalii/wiki/Gulf_of_Evia Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |
KastriKastri/wiki/Gulf_of_Evia Anchorage icon – anchorage |
VoufaloVoufalo/wiki/Gulf_of_Evia Anchorage icon – anchorage |
HalkisHalkis/wiki/Gulf_of_Evia Harbour icon – harbour |
Atalantis; OrmosAtalantis; Ormos/wiki/Gulf_of_Evia Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
OreiOrei/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Harbour icon – harbour |
AlatasAlatas/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
AmalioupolisAmalioupolis/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Andriami BayAndriami Bay/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Paleo TrikeriPaleo Trikeri/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |
AvraAvra/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ayia KiriakiAyia Kiriaki/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Cape ArtemisionCape Artemision/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Pagasitikos Gulf II Sporades Thermaikos Gulf Halkidiki Peninsulas
GlyfaGlyfa/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
MilinaMilina/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
PetrakiPetraki/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
PigadhiPigadhi/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Port TrikeriPort Trikeri/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Soupis BaySoupis Bay/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
VathikeloVathikelo/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Vathudi BayVathudi Bay/wiki/Pagasitikos_Gulf Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Volos Volos /wiki/Volos Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Skyros Skyros /wiki/Skyros Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
SkantzouraSkantzoura/wiki/Skyros Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Skiathos Skiathos /wiki/Skiathos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Skopelos Skopelos /wiki/Skopelos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Alonnisos Alonnisos /wiki/Alonnisos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Pelagos or Kyra PanayiaPelagos or Kyra Panayia/wiki/Pelagos Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki /wiki/Thessaloniki Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Porto Carras Marina Porto Carras Marina /wiki/Porto_Carras_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Porto Koufo Porto Koufo /wiki/Porto_Koufo Harbour icon – harbour |
Miraggio Marina Miraggio Marina /wiki/Miraggio_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Sikias Sikias /wiki/Sikias Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Diaporos Diaporos /wiki/Diaporos Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
AmmoulianiAmmouliani/wiki/Ammouliani_and_Mt._Athos Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Mt. AthosMt. Athos/wiki/Ammouliani_and_Mt._Athos
Key to symbols: |Island icon – island |Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |Needs data icon – needs data ||

Turkey

Dardanelles Region Aeolian Coast North Aeolian Coast South Ionian Coast North
Lapseki Lapseki /wiki/Lapseki Harbour icon – harbour |
Gelibolu Gelibolu /wiki/Gelibolu Harbour icon – harbour |Needs data icon – needs data |
ÇanakkaleÇanakkale/wiki/Canakkale Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Gökçeada or Imroz AdasiGökçeada or Imroz Adasi/wiki/Gokceada Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kuzu Limani Kuzu Limani /wiki/Kuzu_Limani Harbour icon – harbour |
KaleköyKaleköy/wiki/Kalekoy Harbour icon – harbour |
Bozcaada or TenedosBozcaada or Tenedos/wiki/Bozcaada Island icon – island |Harbour icon – harbour |
Maden or Poroselene AdasiMaden or Poroselene Adasi/wiki/Ayvalik Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
AlibeyAlibey/wiki/Ayvalik Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Patricia Liman or GokçelimanPatricia Liman or Gokçeliman/wiki/Ayvalik Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Moska AdasiMoska Adasi/wiki/Ayvalik Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ayvalik Ayvalik /wiki/Ayvalik Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
Camic KöyuCamic Köyu/wiki/Ayvalik Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kumru KöyuKumru Köyu/wiki/Ayvalik Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Ciplak AdasiCiplak Adasi/wiki/Ayvalik Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Dikili Dikili /wiki/Dikili Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Bademli LimanBademli Liman/wiki/Eskifoca_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
ÇandarliÇandarli/wiki/Eskifoca_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
EskifoçaEskifoça/wiki/Eskifoca_Region Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Izmir Izmir /wiki/Izmir Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Egri LimanEgri Liman/wiki/Cesme Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kara AdasiKara Adasi/wiki/Cesme Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
IldirIldir/wiki/Cesme Anchorage icon – anchorage |
IlicaIlica/wiki/Cesme Harbour icon – harbour |
Dalyan IldurDalyan Ildur/wiki/Cesme Harbour icon – harbour |
Setur Çesme MarinaSetur Çesme Marina/wiki/Setur_Cesme_Marina Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
ÇesmeÇesme/wiki/Cesme Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Çesme MarinaÇesme Marina/wiki/Cesme_Marina Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
Agriler LimanAgriler Liman/wiki/Sigacik_Region Marina icon – marina |
Alaçati BayAlaçati Bay/wiki/Sigacik_Region Marina icon – marina |
Alaçati Marina Alaçati Marina /wiki/Ala%C3%A7ati_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Mersin KörfesiMersin Körfesi/wiki/Sigacik_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Sarpedere LimanSarpedere Liman/wiki/Sigacik_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kirdilim LimanKirdilim Liman/wiki/Sigacik_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Gökkovar LimanGökkovar Liman/wiki/Sigacik_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
SiğacikSiğacik/wiki/Sigacik_Region Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Teos LimanTeos Liman/wiki/Sigacik_Region Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Teos-Siğacik_Marina Teos-Siğacik_Marina /wiki/Teos-Si%C4%9Facik_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Körmen AdasiKörmen Adasi/wiki/Sigacik_Region Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kusadasi Kusadasi /wiki/Kusadasi Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |
Kusadasi Marina Kusadasi Marina /wiki/Kusadasi_Marina Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
Ionian Coast South Carian Coast I Carian Coast II Carian Coast III
Port Saint Paul & Saint NikoloPort Saint Paul & Saint Nikolo/wiki/Kusadasi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
ÇukurcukÇukurcuk/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Didim Marina Didim Marina /wiki/Didim_Marina Marina icon – marina |
AltinkumAltinkum/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Harbour icon – harbour |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kazikli LimanKazikli Liman/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Shiero BayShiero Bay/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Asin LimanAsin Liman/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Gulluk Gulluk /wiki/Gulluk Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Needs data icon – needs data |
Salih AdasiSalih Adasi/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Turnalı KoyuTurnalı Koyu/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Türk BüküTürk Bükü/wiki/Gulluk_Korfesi Marina icon – marina |
GümüslükGümüslük/wiki/Bodrum Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Turgutreis Marina Turgutreis Marina /wiki/Turgutreis_Marina Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
Aspat BayAspat Bay/wiki/Bodrum Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Bitez KoyuBitez Koyu/wiki/Bodrum Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Bodrum Bodrum /wiki/Bodrum Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |
Bodrum Marina Bodrum Marina /wiki/Bodrum_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Yalikavak Marina Yalikavak Marina /wiki/Yalikavak_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Port Atami Port Atami /wiki/Port_Atami Marina icon – marina |
Orak AdasOrak Adas/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
ÇökertmeÇökertme/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Akbük LimanAkbük Liman/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Gökova, Gulf ofGökova, Gulf of/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Sehir AdalariSehir Adalari/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Sögüt (Gökova)Sögüt (Gökova)/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Degirmen BüküDegirmen Bükü/wiki/Gulf_of_Gokova Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Bekar LimanBekar Liman/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Büyük CatiBüyük Cati/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Anchorage icon – anchorage |
MersinçikMersinçik/wiki/Datca Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Knidos or Büyük LimanKnidos or Büyük Liman/wiki/Datca Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Baba Adasi (Knidos)Baba Adasi (Knidos)/wiki/Datca Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
KalaboshiKalaboshi/wiki/Datca Anchorage icon – anchorage |
DatçaDatça/wiki/Datca Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Datça MarinaDatça Marina/wiki/Datca_Marina Port of entry icon – port of entry |Marina icon – marina |
Bencik LimanBencik Liman/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Keçi BüküKeçi Bükü/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Marti Marina Marti Marina /wiki/Marti_Marina Marina icon – marina |
DelikliyolDelikliyol/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Selemiye KoyuSelemiye Koyu/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Anchorage icon – anchorage |
DirsekDirsek/wiki/Hisaronu_Korfezi_to_Teke_Burnu Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Atabol BurunAtabol Burun/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Kizil AdasiKizil Adasi/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Island icon – island |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
BozburunBozburun/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Harbour icon – harbour |
Sögüt (Sömbeki)Sögüt (Sömbeki)/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Aplotheka or LorymaAplotheka or Loryma/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Serçe LimanSerçe Liman/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
GerbeskeGerbeske/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
ÇiftlikÇiftlik/wiki/Coast_W_of_Marmaris_and_Sombeki_Korfesi Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Marmaris Marmaris /wiki/Marmaris Port of entry icon – port of entry |Harbour icon – harbour |Marina icon – marina |Anchorage icon – anchorage |
Netsel Marina Netsel Marina /wiki/Netsel_Marina Marina icon – marina |
Marmaris Yacht Marina Marmaris Yacht Marina /wiki/Marmaris_Yacht_Marina Marina icon – marina |

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