Gulf of Kos
| Gulf of Kos Κόλπος Κως |
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 View from the city of Kos over part of the Gulf of Kos towards Cap Ammoudia and the Turkish coast |
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| Waters | Aegean Sea , off the coast of Asia Minor | |
| Land mass | Kos island | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 54 ′ 7 " N , 27 ° 18 ′ 23" E | |
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| width | approx. 5.8 km | |
| surface | about 7 km² | |
The Gulf of Kos ( Greek Κόλπος Κως ) lies in the Aegean Sea and is off the coast of Asia Minor and is located at the northeast end of the Greek island of Kos . Opposite the Gulf of Kos is the Gulf of Gökova ( Turkish Gökova Körfezi ; also Greek Κεραμεικός κόλπος , Turkish Kerme Körfezi , Gulf of Keramos ).
Name, geography and history
The gulf was named after the capital Kos of the Greek island of Kos . The western end of the gulf is taken by Cape Ammoudia (also Cape Skandari) and the eastern end by Cape Louros From Cape Ammoudia to Cape Louros the distance is about 5.8 kilometers. From the northernmost point on the island of Kos, Cape Ammoudia, to the nearest point on the Turkish mainland, it is only about 5 kilometers.
Within the gulf, which covers a water surface of around 7 km², there is the maritime access to the city of Kos with the port of Kos (Mandraki, Greek Λιμάνι Μανδράκι ) and the Johanniter castle Neratzia , a yacht harbor and several tourist beaches and resorts.
Between 1986 and 2005, seven earthquakes above magnitude 5 were detected around the Gulf of Gökova / Gulf of Kos by the Kandilli Observatory of Istanbul University .
Ship connections
Regular and publicly accessible boat connections to Bodrum or Turgutreis , Kalymnos , Leros , Patmos , Samos , Pserimos , Rhodes , Nisyros , Tilos and Symi run through the Gulf of Kos . There is also a popular sailing area between the Gulf of Gökova and the Gulf of Kos.
Representation of the island of Kos 1702
Representation of the Gulf of Kos by the British Admiralty in 1812
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the past, a substantial part of the Gulf of Gökova was called the Gulf of Kos . There was not always a precise delimitation.
- ↑ N. Ozer, Y. Altinok, H. Kurt, D. Kolcak: Temporal and spatial variations of aftershock activity in the Gulf of Gökova, southwest Turkey . In: Geophysical Research Abstracts . tape 7 , 2005, ISSN 1607-7962 , 1607-7962 / gra / EGU05-A-08585 (English, cosis.net [PDF; 30 kB ; accessed on January 18, 2020] Message from the Istanbul Technical University from 2005).
- ↑ S. Yolsal, T. Taymaz: Source Mechanism and Rupture Histories of the Recent Gulf of Gökova and Sigacik Bay Earthquakes . In: Geophysical Research Abstracts . tape 9 . European Geosciences Union, 2007, ISSN 1607-7962 , 1607-7962 / gra / EGU2007-A-01776 (English, cosis.net [PDF; 34 kB ; accessed on January 18, 2020] Message from the Istanbul Technical University from 2007).