Ionian Sea

E15890
arm of the Mediterranean Sea sea

The Ionian Sea is a deep, eastern arm of the Mediterranean Sea located between western Greece and southern Italy, known for its clear blue waters, numerous islands, and significant role in ancient and modern maritime routes.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ionian Sea canonical 332
Ionian Sea region 18
Ionian Sea basin 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arm of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
belongsTo European seas ⓘ
Greek Seas ⓘ
borders Albania ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
connectedBy Strait of Otranto ⓘ
connectedTo Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Libyan Sea ⓘ
surface form: Cretan Sea

Libyan Sea ⓘ
contains Antipaxos ⓘ
Calypso Deep ⓘ
Corfu ⓘ
Ionian Islands ⓘ
Ithaca ⓘ
Kefalonia ⓘ
Lefkada ⓘ
Paxos ⓘ
Zakynthos ⓘ
deepestPointDepth about 5267 meters ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Albanian Riviera ⓘ
Greek mainland ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
hasDeepestPointIn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasMajorPort Bari ⓘ
Brindisi ⓘ
Corfu (city) ⓘ
Igoumenitsa ⓘ
Patras ⓘ
Taranto ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy Byzantine navy ⓘ
Roman navy ⓘ
Venetian navy ⓘ
ancient Greek sailors ⓘ
knownFor clear blue waters ⓘ
deep waters ⓘ
maritime routes ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
locatedBetween Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy

Western Greece ⓘ
surface form: western Greece
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: eastern Mediterranean
maximumDepth over 5000 meters ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
surfaceWaterSalinity about 38 PSU ⓘ
usedFor ferry transport ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (361)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greece → coastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean → contains → Ionian Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ionian Sea (eastern part)
Mediterranean Sea → containsSubdivision → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Balkans → borderedBy → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Battle of Actium → location → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Sicily → seaBorder → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Calypso Deep → locatedIn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Aegean Sea → connectedTo → Ionian Sea ⓘ
valley of the Alfeios River → drainageTo → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin → containsSea → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Albania → hasCoastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Southern Italy → hasCoastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Peloponnese → borderedBy → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Epirus → hasCoastOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Kingdom of Albania → coastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Italian Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Ionian Islands → locatedIn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Ithaca, Greece → locatedIn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Ithaca, Greece → hasCoastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Western Greece → bordersBodyOfWater → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Western Greece → hasCoastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea → connectsTo → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Adriatic Sea → connectedTo → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy → locatedNear → Ionian Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Castellaneta
Battle of Lepanto → location → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria → borderedBy → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Actium → locatedOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Lucania → hasCoastOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Bruttium → borderedBy → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Morea → bordersSea → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Corfu incident → hasLocation → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tarentum → locatedOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Rhegion → locatedBetween → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Locri Epizephyrii → locatedNear → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Catana → locatedOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Metapontum → locatedNear → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport → near → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Strait of Messina → connects → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Apulia → locatedOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Apulia → hasCoastlineOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Naxos (Sicily) → overlooks → Ionian Sea ⓘ
central Greece → bordersSea → Ionian Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Greece
Northern Greece → containsBodyOfWater → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Northern Greece → bordersSea → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Calabria → bordersSea → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mount Etna → nearBodyOfWater → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Basilicata → coastOn → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Ridge region → relatedTo → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Hellenic subduction system → extendsFrom → Ionian Sea ⓘ
Hellenic Arc → adjacentTo → Ionian Sea ⓘ