Gulf of Trieste

Gulf of Trieste

The Gulf of Trieste ( _it. Golfo di Trieste, _sl. Tržaški zaliv, _hr. Tršćanski zaljev, _de. Golf von Triest) is a shallow bay of the Adriatic Sea, in the extreme northern part of the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Gulf of Venice and is shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. It is closed to the south by the peninsula of Istria, the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea, shared between Croatia and Slovenia.

The gulf is limited by an imaginary line connecting the Punta Tagliamento on the Italian and Savudrija ("Punta Salvore") on the Croatian coast. Its area is approximately 1000 km², its average depth 16 m, and its maximal depth 37 m. With the exception of flat islets blocking the entrance to "Laguna di Grado", there are no islands in the gulf. Its eastern coasts, with Trieste and the Slovenian Littoral, have more rugged relief.

Its most prominent features are:
* Bay of Panzano in Italy
* Bay of Muggia in Italy
* Bay of Koper ("Capodistria") in Slovenia
* Gulf of Piran ("Pirano"), the sovereignty over which has been a matter of dispute between Croatia and Slovenia since 1991.

The entire Slovenian coastline is located on the Gulf of Trieste. Its length is 43,157 m (~ 43 km) [http://www.burger.si/uvod/factsSLO.html Boštjan Burger web-site about Slovenia] ] 46.6 km [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/si.html The World Factbook by CIA] (retrieved 2008-02-12)] . Towns along the coastline include (from East to West):
* Koper
* Izola
* Piran

See also

* Free Territory of Trieste
* Treaty of Osimo


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