Adriatic Sea

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A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea.

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water and is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula was separated by the sea. Countries that have a coastline in the Adriatic Sea are Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania.

The average width of the sea is about 160 km. The Strait of Otranto joins the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea and is only 85 to 100 km wide. The sea is very shallow. Its average depth is 240 m (133 fathoms). The sea is deepest east of Monte Gargano and south of Dubrovnik where it dips below 1,460 m (800 fathoms).

Adriatic Sea Media

• Bucht von Kotor.jpg

  Bay of Kotor, a ria in the Southern Adriatic

• Gjipe beach, Albania.JPG

  Gjipe Canyon in southern Albania, where the Adriatic Sea meets the Ionian Sea

• Adriatic Sea Bathymetry.svg

  Map of Adriatic Sea depth

• Adriatic Sea Currents 2.svg

  Schematic layout of Adriatic Sea currents

    surface currents

    benthic currents
• Vrulja kod Omiša.jpg

  A submarine spring near Omiš, observed through sea surface rippling

• Koppen World Map (Mediterranean Sea area only).png

  As seen from the map, most of the landmass surrounding the Adriatic sea is classified as Cfa, with the southern region (near the Ionian Sea) being Csa.

• Bari 1301765417.jpg

  Bari, Italy, view from the Norman-Hohenstaufen Castle

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  Aerial view of Venice

• Immagine da Trieste.

• Stitched Panorama of Durres

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