Wednesday 15 July 2015

DESKTOP 715 - AEGEAN SEA

The Aegean Sea (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος [eˈʝeo ˈpelaɣos]; Turkish: Ege Denizi or Adalar Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus.
 
The Aegean Sea covers about 214,000 square kilometres in area, and measures about 610 kilometres longitudinally and 300 kilometres latitudinally. The sea's maximum depth is 3,543 metres, east of Crete. The Aegean Islands are found within its waters, with the following islands delimiting the sea on the south (generally from west to east): Kythera, Antikythera, Crete, Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes.

This post is part of the Wednesday Waters meme,
and also part of the Waterworld Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

7 comments:

  1. I wished I could be there right now !

    Gattina
    ABC Wednesday
    http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/

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  2. Beautiful...a great Outdoor Wed photo.

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  3. This suggests the immensity of the ocean, and yet the bit of ocean you captured is only an infinitesimal fraction of the whole.
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  4. Curious how you got the shot...airplane? drone? top of a crows nest?...nice work♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/applications/

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