Gulf of Trieste and the littoral

The Gulf of Trieste (Italian: Golfo di Trieste, Slovene: Tržaški zaliv, German: Golf von Triest ) is a shallow bay of the Adriatic Sea, in the extreme northern part of the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Gulf of Venice, and is shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. Download high resolution version (640x640, 65 KB)Gulf of Trieste and Slovene littoral File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (640x640, 65 KB)Gulf of Trieste and Slovene littoral File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... The Gulf of Venice is a gulf located on the west of the Adriatic Sea, between the Istrian peninsula and the Po River delta. ...

The Gulf is limited by an imaginary line connecting the Punta Tagliamento on the Italian and Savudrija (Punta Salvore) on the Croatian coast. Its area is approximately 1000 km², its average depth 16 m, and its maximal depth 37 m.

With the exception of flat islets blocking the entrance to Laguna di Grado, there are no islands in the gulf. Its eastern coasts, with Trieste and the Slovenian Littoral, have more rugged relief; the most prominent features are Bay of Muggia, Bay of Koper (Capodistria) and Bay of Piran (Pirano). Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste, Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border to Slovenia. ... The Slovenian Littoral (Slovenian: Primorska; Italian: ; German: ) is a traditional region of Slovenia that itself consists of the regions of Goriška and Slovenian Istria (Slovenska Istra). ... Sea border between Slovenia and Croatia according to the Drnovšek-Račan Agreement (never ratified by Croatia, only by Slovenia). ...