Cypress [2] [3] , Cypress ( 4) [5] ( Greek: πυπαρισσιακ ) is a large open bay of the Ionian Sea in Greece , in the west of the Peloponnese . In the north it starts from the cape of Katakolon ( Κατάκολον ) [3] at the village of the same name , in the south it ends at Cape Cunelos ( Greek Κούνελο ) at Filiatra . Length - 18 kilometers, width - 51 kilometers. Depth more than 500 meters. The tides are semi-diurnal, their value is 0.2 meters. The Alfios and Neda rivers flow into the Cypriesiakos [6] .
| Kyparisiakos | |
|---|---|
| Greek Πυπαρισσιακός | |
 View from the ridge Lapit [1] on Zaharo and Kyparisiakos | |
| Specifications | |
| Average tide | 0.2 m |
| Deepest | 500 m |
| Flowing rivers | Alfios , Neda |
| Location | |
| Upstream water area | Ionian Sea |
| A country |
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| Periphery | Western Greece , Peloponnese |
| Peripheral units | Elida , Messinia |
The coast is a large uninterrupted sandy beach. There is a loggerhead turtle ( Caretta caretta ) on the beach, mainly between the mouth of Neda and Cypressia . Because of the sandy soil there are no settlements on the coast. Three kilometers from the coast is Pirgos , two kilometers - Zakharo .
Along the coast is the national road 9 , part of the European route E55 .
Notes
- ↑ Λάπιθος // Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed.-comp. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. 1885.
- ↑ Kiparisiakos // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 140-185.
- ↑ 1 2 Greece: Reference Map: Scale 1: 1,000,000 / ch. ed. Ya. A. Topchiyan ; Ed .: G. A. Skachkova , N. N. Ryumin . - M .: Roskartografiya, Omsk cartographic factory , 2001. - (Countries of the world "Europe"). - 2000 copies
- ↑ Cypress area // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 140-185.
- ↑ Cypress Bay // Kinesthesia - Collision. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1953. - P. 62. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 t.] / Ed. B.A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, t. 21).
- ↑ Cyparisiakos // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.