The Argolic Gulf (Greek: Αργολικός Κόλπος Argolikós Kólpos) is a small gulf off the east coast of the Peloponnese, Greece, opening into the Aegean Sea. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Its main island is Spetses. Spetses (Modern Greek: Σπέτσες, Ancient/ Katharevousa: Σπέτσαι, Spetsai) is an island of Greece This gulf and its islands are sometimes combined with the Saronic Gulf and Saronic Islands, with the result called the Argo-Saronic Gulf and the Argo-Saronic Islands. The Saronic Gulf ( Greek: Σαρωνικός κόλπος Saronikós kólpos) or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the The Saronic Islands are so named because they lie in the Saronic Gulf just off the Greek mainland Argo-Saronic Gulf is a term sometimes used to combine the adjacent Saronic Gulf and Argolic Gulf of Greece. Argo-Saronic Islands is a term combining the Islands in the neighboring Saronic Gulf and Argolic Gulf, both of which open into the Aegean Sea It is surrounded by two prefectures, Arcadia and Argolis. Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. The main island that is in the gulf is Bourtzi, a small island with a castle which is now a monument. The Castle of Bourtzi ( Greek: Μπούρτζι is located in the middle of the harbour of Nafplio. Islands in the gulf are Plateia and Psili Islands and lie next to Argolis.

The gulf is crossed by ferry routes from Nafplio and Spetses and Hydra and Spetses and Leonidi.

The cities and towns that lie next to the gulf are:

• Leonidio, SW
• Astros, W
• Myloi, NW
• Nea Kios, NW
• Nafplio, N
• Tolo, N
• Iria Beach, NE
• Porto Cheli, SE
• Spetses, SE

Leonidio (Λεωνίδιο is a municipality in Arcadia, Greece, with a population of 6294 (2001 Astros ( Greek: Άστρος or Μεσογείο Άστρος "Inland Astros" is a port city near the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese Myloi or Myli, Mili (Μύλοι is a village and the seat of the municipality of Lerna in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Argolis Nea Kios (Νέα Κίος is a village and the seat of the municipality of Nea Kios in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Argolis. Nafplion (Ναύπλιο in the Peloponnese in Greece, is a seaport town that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf Tolo is a village in Greece on the Peloponnese peninsula Although it is a relatively new addition to the map by Greek standards its modern history Port Cheli, also Portocheli, Portoheli, Porto Heli, and rarely Porto Kheli or Portokheli ( Greek, Modern Πορτο Χέλι Spetses (Modern Greek: Σπέτσες, Ancient/ Katharevousa: Σπέτσαι, Spetsai) is an island of Greece

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