The Ionian Sea Encyclopedia

The Ionian Sea Encyclopedia
Preface
Basic Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in The Ionian Sea Encyclopedia
A
carnania
Acatium (lat. acatium)
Achelous (cheloos)
``Achelous´´ (``cheloos´´)
Aci Castello (Aci castello)
cireale
``ACTA ADRIATICA´´
Actium or Aktion (ktio)
Adriatic Euroregion
Adriatic Expedition (Russian Navy Adriatic Expedition 1805-1807)
driatic Sea
Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII)
``gaeo´´
Aegean Sea (Egeo Pelagos)
Aetolia (Etolia)
Aetolia-Acarnania
Agios Ioannis (Ag. Ioannis)
Agios Nikolaos (Ag. Nikolaos)
Agreement Between the Hellenic Republic and the Italian Republic on the Delimitation of the Respective Continental Shelf Areas...
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS)
Agri (Agri)
Agria Gramvousa (Agria gramvousa) (``wild Gramvousa´´)
Agrostoli, Agrostalion (Agrostoli)
Aitoliko (Etolikon)
Albania, Republic of Albania (Shqipëria, Republika e Shqipërisë)
Albanian Navy (Forcat Detare Shqiptare)
Alfeiós (lphios)
lkantara
Alkyonides (Alkionides)
Alkyonides Gulf (lkionidon kolpos)
Ambracia (Ambrakia)
Ambracian Gulf (mvrakiks kolpos)
napo
Anchovies (ngraulis)
ntikira, ndikira kolpos
ntikithira
Antipaxos (ndipaxios)
Apennine Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, (Penisola Appenninica)
Apulia (Puglia)
Arachthos
Archimedes (about 287-212 BC)
rchipelago
``rchipelago´´
Arkoudi
Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums (AMMM)
Astakos
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)
Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus, micropogon operculans Atlantic croaker, hard heads)
Atlantic Horse Mackerel, European Horse Mackerel (in the USA), Common Scad, Scad, and Saurel (Common Mackerel, Trachurus Trach...
Atlantic Mackerel, Boston Mackerel, Norwegian Mackerel, Scottish Mackerel, or Mackerel (Scomber Scombrus)
Atokos
Augusta
Augustus (Gaius Octavius Until 44 BC, from 44 BC Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius, from 27 BC Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian Augustu...
``Azov´´
B
Baillie Henry (About 1763-1826)
Balkan peninsula
Balkan Union
Basento
Basilicata
Battle of Lepanto, 1571
Battle of Modon, the Second Battle of Lepanto (Modon Battle)
Battle of Navarino, 1827
Battle of Patras (1772) (Patraikos Battle 1772)
Battle of Preveza
Battle of Zonchio, Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto (Zonkio Battle)
Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
Blue flag
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
Bora, bura
Borino
Bridge Lefkada (Lefkas Bridge)
Butrint (Butrinti)
Byron George Gordon (George Gordon Byron) (1788-1824)
C
Cachalot (Physeter macrocphalus)
Caïque
Calabria
Calypso deep
Cape Pelorus
Capo d´otranto lighthouse
Capo Passero
Caretta caretta sea turtle
Cassibile
Catania
Catanzaro
Catanzaro di marina
Celes
Cephalonia or Kefalonia
Cer
Cerigo
Cervantes Miguel de Saavedra (1547-1616)
Charadros
Charybdis
Chelura
Chrisanthi
Chub Mackerel (Pacific ChubMackerel, Scomber japonicus)
Ciane
City Aquarium
Codrington Edward (1770-1851)
Colonne Capo
Comber (Serranus cabrilla)
Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Common dentex (Dentex dentex)
Common Smooth-Hound (Mustelus mustelus)
Common Thresher, or Fox Shark, Zorro Thresher Shark (Common Thresher, Alopias vulpinus)
Corfu
Corinth Canal
Corinthian Bay
Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779)
Crabs Brachyura
Cretan Sea
Crotone
Cyclops Riviera
D
Daskalio
Democedes
Diolkos
Dionysios Solomos
Dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus
Dorado (Gilt-head bream) (Sparus aurata)
Dorians
Dörpfeld Wilhelm
Doukato
Drakoner
Drakoneras
Durrell Gerald Malcolm
E
Earthquakes in the Ionian Sea
Eastern coast the of Sicily island
Eastern Mediterranean
Echinades islands
Elafonisos
Epirus
Ereikoussa
Etesian
Europe
European Barracuda or Mediterranean Barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena)
European bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
European conger (Conger conger)
European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
European Hake (Merluccius merluccius)
European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)
European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
European Union (EU)
Eurotas
Evinos
F
Ferry routes in the Ionian Sea
Finikounda
Fish Cuisine
Fishery in the Ionian Sea
Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Fountain of Neptune
G
Galaxidi
Galleass
Gallipoli
Garfish (Belone belone)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Geographic Sub Areas of the Ionian Sea
Gerogombos
Geyden Loggin Petrovich (1772-1850)
Giardini
Giardini-Naxos
Gilt-head bream
Glafkos
Gramvousa
Great Greece
Greater Pipefish, Syngnathus acus
Greater weever
Greater Weever (Trachinus draco)
Greater Yellowtail, Seriola dumerili
``Greece pivot of the western coast´´
Greece, Greece Republic
Greek Navy
Greek Revolution
Greek submarine ``Papanikolis (Y-2)´´
Grigel
Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Kyparissia
Gulf of Patras
H
Hellas
Hellenes
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre
High-Body Pickarel, Spicara smaris
Himara
Homer
``Husky´´
Hydrocarbons of the Ionian Sea
I
Igoumenitsa
Imbatto
Imeri Gramvousa
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Ionia
Ionia Odos
Ionian Academy
Ionian- Adriatic pipeline (IAP)
Ionian Archipelago
``Ionian cruises´´
Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands School
Ionian riviera
Ionian Sea
``Ionian´´
Ionians
Ionic Republic - United States of the Ionian Islands
Ionic shores
Isola delle Correnti
Isthmus of Corinth
Italian Navy
Italian Peninsula
Italy, The Italian Republic
Ithaca
K
Kalamos
Kalogeros
Kapodistrias Ioannis
Karaburun Peninsula
Kastos
Katakolo
Katavothres
``Katsonis´´ Y-1
Kepi
Kerkyra
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kithros
Korision
Krisseos
Ksamil
Kyparissia
Kythira
L
Laconia
Laconian Gulf
Lagana bay, Bay of Laganas
Lambros Katsonis (1752-1805)
Lazaretto Island
Lefkas
Lefkatas
Lepanto
Letojanni
Lighthouse of Saint Theodoroi
Lighthouse on the Cape Malagavi
Lights of the Ionian and Adriatic Seas and Sicily Island
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Likhud Brothers
Limnoria
Lobsters
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta-Caretta)
Lokris
Long Walls
Love Channel
M
Maddalena
Madouri
Magna Graecia
Mahi-mahi
Maitland Thomas (1759-1824)
Makronisos
Mani
Maquis
Marathonisi
Mariculture
Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier
Marina
Marine Aquaculture
Marine spatial planning (MSP)
Maritime - Folklore Museum of Ithaca
Maritime and Historical Museum
Marrobio
Mathraki
Mediterranean Basin
Mediterranean Expedition of Black Sea Navy
Mediterranean monk seal
Mediterranean Moray (Muraena helena)
Mediterranean Sand Smelt (Atherina hepsetus)
Mediterranean Science Commission
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Seas
Meganisi
Messenian
Messina
Messina Earthquake 1908
Messolonghi
Metaponto
Methoni
Milanio Naval Museum
Milo of Croton
Molos Gulf
Montante
Morea
Mount Etna
Mourtos
Murro di Porco
Museo del Mare
Mussels, Mytilus
N
National Marine Park of Zakynthos
Naupaktos
Nautical Museum
Navagio
Navarino
Naxos
Neda
Norway Lobster, Nephrops norvegicus
Noto Gulf
Nydri
O
Odysseus
``Odyssey´´
Olive
Onassis Aristotle Socrates (1906-1975)
Operation ``Marita´´
``Orange coast´´
Ortega
Othoni
Otranto
``Otranto Barrage´´
Ottoman-Venetian wars
Oxeia
Oysters (Ostreidae)
P
Painted comber
Pamisos
Parga
Passero
Patras
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)
Paxi
Peloponnese Peninsula
Peloponnesian War
Peluso Island
Pendanisi
Peristeres
Petalas
``Philia´´
Picarel (Spicara smaris)
``Pilot of the Mediterranean Sea, part II´´
Pineios
Piper gurnard (Trigla lyra)
Polacca
Pondikonisi
Porto Cesareo
Portopalo di Capo Passero
Ports of the Ionian Sea
Preveza
Proti Island
Protocol of St. Petersburg
Pylos
Pyrgos
Pythagoras (about 540-500 BC)
R
Rampino
Recommendations of IUCN for Conservation of Sea Turtles
Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus)
Red Porgy (Pagrus pagrus)
Reggio
Rio-Antirrio Bridge
Riposto
``Rivers´´ squadron (``River Squadron´´)
Riviera of Flowers
Rocca Imperiale
Rodia Wetlands Center
Rossano
Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita)
Rowing Fleet
Russian Navy Archipelago Expeditions
S
Saddled seabream
Salema Porgy (Sarpa salpa)
Salento
Sami
San Paolo
San Pietro
Sant´Andrea Island
Santa Maria di Leuca
Santa Maura
Sapientza
Sappho (about 615-562 BC)
Sarandë
Scendente
Scheria
Schiza
Scylla
Sea Airlines in the Ionin Sea
Sea bass
Sea Bream, Sargus (Sargus annularis)
Sea Robin (Trigla lucerna)
Senyavin Dmitriy Nikolayevich (1763-1831)
Septinsular Republic
Sesoula Island
Sharp-Snout Seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin
Shrimps Caridean
Sibari
Sicels
Sicilian Expedition
Sicily
Simeto
Siris
Sirocco
Sivota
Skorpidi
Skorpios
Soverato
Sparti
Sphacteria
Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
Spiridov Grigory Andreyevich (1713-1790)
Sponges
Spyromilios Spyros (1864-1930)
Squid (Teuthida)
Squillace
St. Nicholas Island
Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (1909-1996)
Strait of Messina
Strait of Messina Bridge
Strofades or Strofadia or Stromphides
``Studia Marina´´
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Sybaris
Sykias, Sikia
Syracuse
T
Tainaron
Taormina
Taranta
Taranto
Tellesimo
Tetranisi
``The Adriatic Sea. Enyclopedia´´
The Allied invasion of Sicily
The CIESM Charter ``A New Approach for Research on Marine Biodiversity´´
The CIESM Charter on Access and Benefit - Sharing of Marine Genetic Resources
``The Ionian Mission´´
The North Ionian Sea Peace Park
The Odysseus Sea
The Piracy in Ionian Sea
Thornback Ray (Raja clavata)
Thyamis
Tormenta
Treaties of Tilsit (1807)
Treaty of Campo Formio, 1797
Treaty of London (1913)
Treaty of London (1915)
Treaty of Paris (1815)
Trebisacce
Triērēs
Trinacria
Trizonia
Tsunami
Turbot (Psetta maxima)
U
Ulisses
Ushakov Fyodor Fyodorovich (1745-1817)
V
Vardiani
Varvakis Ioannis, Varvatsi Ivan Andreevich (1732/1750-1825) (Varvakis Ioannis, 1732/1750-1825
Venetiko
Vido
Voidokilia
Vojnovich (Vojnovich) Ivan Vasilievich (17??-1791)
Vromonas
Vulgaris Evgenios (1716-1806)
W
White Seabream (Diplodus sargus sargus)
X
Xebec
Z
Zakynthos
Zancle
The Chronology of Major Historical Events Occurred on the Ionian Sea
References
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