The Messenian Gulf (Greek: Μεσσηνιακος Κόλπος Messiniakos Kolpos) is a sea that is part of the Ionian Sea. The gulf covers the Messenia or Messinia and the southwestern part of Laconia prefectures. The Taygetus mountain covers the eastern portion of the gulf and are surrounded by hills, more mountains covers the western part and farmlands which are part of the Pamisos plain surrounds the northern part and the Pamisos River river flows near the middle. Roads includes encircling the gulf includes the Kalamata-Areopoli Road which used to be an ancient highway of Kalamata, Sparta, Megalopolis and Patras, GR-82 to the north and the Koroni-Messini Road to the west. The port of Kalamata is located to the northeast as well as the city of Kalamata. The Dirou Cave that is famous lies to the southeast. The Ionian Sea. ... Messinia Messinia (also spelled Messenia) is a district in the Peloponnesus, a region of Greece. ... Laconia (Λακωνία; see also List of traditional Greek place names), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta. ... Taygetus or Taygetos (Greek: Ταΰγετος), also Taigetos is a mountain range of the Peloponnesus, Southern Greece, extending about 65 mi (100 km) north from the southern end of Cape Matapan in the Mani Peninsula. ... Sparta (Greek Σπάρτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ... Megalopolis (Greek: large city, great city) can mean: The city of Megalopolis, Greece. ... Patras (Greek: Modern: Πάτρα, Ancient: Πάτραι, Pátrai; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the third largest city of Greece, and also the capital of the Achaea region of Greece. ... Greece Interstate 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparti) is a west to east highway linking Pylos with the GR-9/E55, Kalamata and downtown Sparta with GR-37/E???. The highway begins in downtown Pylos and runs through the southwestern part of Messenia and through curvy roads and through Lykodimos and intersects... There is also a Kalamata in the Democratic Republic of Congo, see Kalamata, Democratic Republic of Congo Kalamata (Greek, Modern: Καλαμάτα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai), older forms: Kalamai is a city in southern Greece, on the Peloponnesos, by the Mediterranean. ...

The gulf boundary are at Venetiko Island to the west and Cape Tenaro to the southeast. Cape Tenaro also known as Cape Matapan is situated in Mani, Laconia, Greece. ...

Places by the gulf

• Koroni - west
• Longa - west
• Petalidi - northwest
• Messini - northwest
• Kalamata - northeast
• Kardamyli - east
• Selinitsa - east
• Trochylo - southeast
• Areopoli - southeast
• Gerolimenas - southeast