Adriatic Sea – (Ital. Mare Adriatico, Sloven. Jadransko morje, Croatian and Bosn. Jadransko more, Alb. Deti Adriatik, Lat. name Mare Superum, Mare Hadriaticum) the semi-enclosed sea, which is the most extensive gulf of the Mediterranean Sea, with deep indraught into its northern coast between the Apennine and Balkan Peninsulas. It washes the shores which belong to Italy (1249 km), Slovenia (47 km), Croatia (1777 km), Bosnia and Herzegovina (21 km), Montenegro (249 km), and Albania (427 km). The entrance to the Adriatic Sea, called the Strait of Otranto, is situated between the Corfu Island (Greece), which is situated on the southwestern coast of the Balkan Peninsula, and Santa Maria di Leuca Cape (Italy), which is located on the Apennine Peninsula. This strait is 75 km wide and 850 m deep. It connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defines the southern boundary of the Adriatic Sea as a line from the mouth of the Butrint River...
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Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V., Joksimović, A., Đurović, M. (2021). Adriatic Sea. In: The Adriatic Sea Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50032-0_15
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