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Gulf of Naples
Topographic map of the Gulf of Naples and Mount VesuviusThe Gulf of Naples is a c. 15 km wide gulf located in the south western coast of Italy, (province of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the north by the cities of Naples and Pozzuoli, on the east by Mount Vesuvius, and on the south by the Sorrentine Peninsula and the main town of the peninsula, Sorrento. The Peninsula separates the Gulf of Naples from the Gulf of Salerno.
The islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida are located in the gulf.[1] The area is a tourist destination with the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum (destroyed in the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius) nearby.
The gulf hosted the sailing events for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
References
External links
- 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 86.
- 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 963–1023.
Coordinates: 40°44′07″N 14°16′31″E / 40.73528°N 14.27528°E
History Geography Culture Contempt (Le Mépris) · South Wind · The Story of San Michele · Entdeckung der blauen Grotte auf der Insel CapriSights Blue Grotto · Faraglioni · Arco Naturale · Villa Jovis · Villa San Michele · Villa Lysis · Villa Malaparte · Via Krupp · Phoenician Steps · Certosa di San Giacomo · Capri Philosophical Park · Punta Carena LighthousePeople Tiberius · Caligula · August Kopisch · Axel Munthe · Christian Wilhelm Allers · Charles Caryl Coleman · Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach · Frank Hyde · John Singer Sargent · Friedrich Alfred Krupp · Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen · Compton Mackenzie · Luisa Casati · Camille du Locle · Graham Greene · Norman Douglas · Curzio Malaparte · Monika MannPeople from Capri Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Acqua Santa Golf Club Course · Arch of Constantine · Basilica of Maxentius · Baths of Caracalla · Campo Tre Fontane · Cesano Infantry School Range · Florence Communal Stadium · Grosetto Communal Stadium · Gulf of Naples · L'Aquila Communal Stadium · Lake Albano · Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand · Livorno Ardenza Stadium · Naples Saint Paul's Stadium · Olympic Velodrome · Palazzo dei Congressi · Palazzo dello Sport · Palazzetto dello sport · Passo Corese · Pescara Adriatic Stadium · Piazza di Siena · Piscina delle Rose · Pratoni del Vivaro · Raccordo Anulare · Stadio dei Marmi · Stadio Flaminio · Stadio Olimpico · Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto · Umberto I Shooting Range · Via Appia Antica · Via Cassia · Via Flaminia · Via Cristoforo Colombo · Via di Grottarossa1900: Le Havre, Meulan-en-Yvelines • 1908: Solent, Southampton Water • 1912: Nynäshamn • 1920: Ostend, Buiten Y • 1924: Le Havre, Meulan-en-Yvelines • 1928: Buiten Y, Zuiderzee • 1932: Los Angeles Harbor • 1936: Kiel Bay • 1948: Torbay • 1952: Harmaja, Liuskasaari • 1956: Port Phillip • 1960: Gulf of Naples • 1964: Enoshima • 1968: Club de Yates • 1972: Bay of Kiel • 1976: Portsmouth Olympic Harbour • 1980: Olympic Regatta in Tallinn • 1984: Long Beach Shoreline Marina • 1988: Busan Yachting Center • 1992: Olympic Harbour • 1996: Wassaw Sound • 2000: Rushcutters Bay • 2004: Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre • 2008: Qingdao International Sailing Centre • 2012: Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy • 2016: Marina da Glória
Categories:- 1960 Summer Olympic venues
- Olympic sailing venues
- Gulfs of Italy
- Gulfs of the Mediterranean
- Campania
- Campanian geography stubs
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