Ionian Sea
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| Area | 169000 |
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| Locations | Europe |
| Coordinates | 38°N 19°E / 38°N 19°E Coordinates: 38°N 19°E / 38°N 19°E |
| Islands | Corfu Island |
| Zakynthos Island | |
| Lefkada | |
| Ithaca | |
| Kythira | |
| Cephalonia | |
| Omfori | |
| Paxos | |
| Settlements | Igoumenitsa |
| Parga | |
| Preveza | |
| Astakos | |
| Patras | |
| Did you know | There are ferry routes between Patras, Greece and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. |
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| ID | 1003347 |
About Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the peninsula of The Peleponnese.
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... Corfu - sits in the Ionian Sea off the northwest of Greece - is a destination popular with tourists, with hundreds of thousands Brits visiting every year...
Passenger missing from ferry fire found alive
...One of the passengers missing aboard a ferry that caught fire in the Ionian Sea near Greece on Friday has been found alive, authorities say...
Greek ferry: Hundreds evacuated from Olympia blaze off Corfu
...Greek and Italian boats rushed to evacuate 288 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu in the Ionian Sea...
Greek ferry: Hundreds evacuated from Olympia blaze off Corfu
Greek and Italian boats rushed to evacuate 288 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu in the Ionian Sea .
The Euroferry Olympia had left Igoumenitsa in Greece and was heading to The Italian port of Brindisi when fire reportedly broke out on a deck.
The Captain asked passengers and crew to leave The Ship and video showed the ferry engulfed In Flames .
Unconfirmed reports said 10 people were Not Yet accounted for.
The ferry had been carrying mainly Italian nationals, Ionian Islands governor Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou told ANA-MPA news agency.
The Greek coastguard said 237 passengers and 51 crew had been on the ferry. Passengers boarded lifeboats near The Island of Ereikousa before being picked up by ships in the area. A passing Italian coastguard was reportedly first on The Scene .
One passenger with breathing problems was taken to hospital in Corfu.
Another passenger told Greek media that Some People had been sleeping in their cars when The Alarm was raised.
Source of news: bbc.com
