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Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ((ギリシア語:Ιόνιο Πέλαγος), (:iˈonio ˈpelaɣos), (イタリア語:Mar Ionio), (:mar ˈjɔːnjo), ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and west coast of Greece.
All major islands in the sea belong to Greece. They are collectively referred to as the Ionian Islands, the major ones being Corfu, Zakynthos, Kephalonia, Ithaca, and Lefkada.
There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at , is located in the Ionian Sea, at .〔(NCMR - MAP )〕 The sea is one of the most seismically active areas in the world.
==Name==
The name ''Ionian'' comes from Greek language . Its etymology is unknown.〔Babiniotis, ''Lexiko tis Neoellinikis Glossas''.〕 Ancient Greek writers, especially Aeschylus, linked it to the myth of Io. In Ancient Greek the adjective ''Ionios'' () was used as an epithet for the sea because Io swam across it.〔LSJ, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'' s.v. (Ἰόνιος ).〕 There were also narratives about other eponymic legendary figures; according to one version, ''Ionius'' was a son of ''Adrias'' (eponymic for the Adriatic Sea); according to another, ''Ionius'' was a son of ''Dyrrhachus''. When Dyrrhachus was attacked by his own brothers, Heracles, who was passing through the area, came to his aid, but in the fight the hero killed his ally's son by mistake. The corpse was cast into the sea, which thereafter was called the Ionian Sea. In Albanian language, Det Jon literally means ''Our sea''.
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