The Ambracian Gulf, as seen from the Space Shuttle in November 1994.
The Ambracian Gulf (Greek: Αμβρακικός κόλπος, Amvrakikós kólpos) is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece. The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A gulf or bay is a part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides. ... The Ionian Sea. ...
The gulf is almost completely enclosed, opening to the sea through only a narrow channel. It it quite shallow, and its shore is broken by numerous marshes, large parts of which form an estuary system. In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ...
The eponym of the Ionian Sea (whose name was more often, particularly by Aeschylus, attributed to Io's voyage; previously the Ionian Gulf was thought to have been called the sea of Cronus and Rhea).
Gulf of Patras, connecting the Gulf of Corinth, ESE
Cyparissian Gulf, SE Messenian Gulf, SE Laconian Gulf, ESE
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