The Gulf of Salerno is a gulf of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the coast of the province of Salerno in south-western Italy. The northern part of this coast is the touristic Costiera Amalfitana, including towns like Amalfi, Maiori, Positano and the city of Salerno itself. A gulf or bay is a part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Map of Italy showing Salerrno southeast of Naples Salerno is a town and a province in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Amalfi Coast or Costa amalfitana in Italian is a stretch of coastline on the southern side of the Sorrentine Peninsula of ( Italy ( Province of Salerno) extending from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east. ... Amalfi, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the Gulf of Salerno, 24 miles southeast of Naples. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Positano is a beautiful but small town on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy. ...
The Gulf of Salerno is separated from the Gulf of Naples (on the north) by the Sorrentine Peninsula. Gulf of Naples The Gulf of Naples is located off the southwestern coast of Italy. ... Sorrentine Peninsula is located in Southern Italy. ...
Salerno is the main town in the Costiera Amalfitana (the "Amalfi Coast" on the Tyrrhenian, which includes the famous towns of Amalfi, Positano, and others) and is mostly known for its Schola Medica Salernitana (the first University of Medicine in the world).