Map of the Gulf of Taranto.

The Gulf of Taranto (Italian: Golfo di Taranto, Latin: Sinus Tarentinus) is a gulf of the Ionian Sea, in southern Italy. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

The Gulf of Taranto is almost square, 140 km long and wide, and is delimited by the capes Santa Maria di Leuca (east, Apulia) and Colonna (the ancient Cape Lacinium, west, in Calabria). Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of It is surrounded by three Italian regions, Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria. Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west Apulia ( Puglia) to the east Calabria to Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of The most important rivers are the Basento, the Sinni, and the Agri. The Basento (Latin Casuentus) is a River in southern Italy. It rises in the southern Apennine Mountains, west of Potenza. The Sinni ( Latin: Siris or Sinis; Greek: or) is a 94 km long River in southern Italy. The Agri is a 136 km long River in southern Italy. It Flows through the Region of Basilicata and into the Ionian Sea, near

The main cities on the gulf are Taranto and Gallipoli. Not to be confused with Toronto. Taranto ( Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas) is a coastal city in Gallipoli (Kallipolis (Καλλίπολις meaning "Beautiful City" is a town of 21200 inhabitants in the province of Lecce, in Apulia, Southern Also the Greek colonies (Magna Graecia) of Croton, Heraclea, Thurii, and Sybaris were founded on Gulf of Taranto. Croton may also refer to a plant genus See Croton (genus. Or to the NY village Croton-on-Hudson. Heraclea (also Heracleia or Herakleia; Greek:) was an ancient city of Magna Graecia, situated in Lucania on the Gulf of Tarentum Thurii &ndash Greek:, called also by some Latin writers and by Ptolemy, Thurium ( Ptol Sybaris ( Greek:) was a celebrated city of Magna Graecia on the western shore of the Gulf of Taranto.

Coordinates:

• NW Lat/Long: N 41. 00/ W 17. 41
• NE Lat/Long: N 40. 59/ E 15. 51
• SW Lat/Long: N 39. 58/ E 15. 51
• SE Lat/Long: N 40. 00/ W 17. 41

Italy claims the whole gulf as national waters, thus closed to international traffic. This position, which is a similar position to Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, is not recognized by some other countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Gulf of Sidra is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya; it is also known as Gulf of Sirte. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located