🌊 Augusta Bay (Sicily)

Italy · Europe · 37.22°N, 15.23°E

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The Augusta Bay is located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, about 270 nm south-southeast of Naples. In the ancient period it was called Xiphonius portus. The modern Capo di Santa Croce was called Xiphonian Promontory. Diodorus Siculus mentions that the Carthaginian fleet touched at Xiphonia on its way to Syracuse, Sicily. Stephanus of Byzantium wrote about a town there which was called Xiphonia (Ξιφωνία), but most probably he made a mistake, since no other known ancient author mentioned it.

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CountryItaly
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)37.22°N, 15.23°E · view on map

Augusta Bay (Sicily) is located in Italy, in Europe.

More bays in Italy

Cala Burantino · Chiaia di Luna · Ciolo (Apulia) · Golfo di Cagliari · Golfo Paradiso · Gulf of Gaeta · Gulf of Manfredonia · Gulf of Naples · Gulf of Salerno · Gulf of Vasto.

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