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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