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    The Corinth Canal (Greek: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, romanized: Dioryga tis Korinthou) is an artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in...
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    ancient Corinth. Natural features around the city include the narrow coastal plain of Vocha, the Corinthian Gulf, the Isthmus of Corinth cut by its canal, the...
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    the west of the Isthmus is the Gulf of Corinth, and to the east the Saronic Gulf. Since 1893 the Corinth Canal has run through the 6.3 km (3.9 mi) wide...
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    and air units. A critical target during the German invasion, was the Corinth Canal which divided the Peloponnesus from the Greek mainland as Hitler saw...
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    It is bounded in the east by the Isthmus of Corinth which includes the shipping-designed Corinth Canal and in the west by the Strait of Rion which widens...
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    the southwest. The Corinth Canal, carrying ship traffic between the Ionian and the Aegean seas, is about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Corinth, cutting through...
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  • Independence Battle of the Corinth Canal (April 1941), fought as part of the Axis invasion of Greece during World War II Siege of Corinth (April–June 1862), in...
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    Greek village and community 7.5 km southeast of Corinth. It is located in the south entry of Corinth Canal. The community spreads in the place where the...
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    Ajax (crane barge) Canal des Deux Mers Canal Zone Police Corinth Canal List of waterways Panama Canal Zone Suez Canal "Panama Canal Traffic—Years 1914–2010"...
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    Canal des Deux Mers Container transport Corinth Canal Istanbul Canal Maritime Silk Road Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal New Imperialism New Suez Canal Panama...
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    Diolkos (category Ancient Corinth)
    was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth. The shortcut allowed ancient...
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  • Corinth is a town in Greece. It may also refer to: Ancient Corinth, the city-state in Classical Antiquity Battle of Corinth (146 BC) Corinth Canal Gulf...
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    Two submersible bridges exist across the Corinth Canal in Greece, one at each end, in Isthmia and Corinth. They lower the centre span to 8 metres below...
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    Avon Canal, Wiltshire The Llangollen Canal traverses the longest and highest aqueduct in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom The Corinth Canal seen from...
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    It defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth, being the eastern terminus of the Corinth Canal, which cuts across the isthmus. The Saronic Islands...
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    Isthmus of Corinth, where the Corinth Canal was constructed in 1893. However, it is also connected to the mainland by several bridges across the canal, including...
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  • transit passage provisions. In contrast, the artificial maritime canals such as the Corinth Canal are generally not covered by the UNCLOS and fall instead under...
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    which has technically been an island since the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893, but is rarely considered to be an island due to its artificial...
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    end of the Iberian Peninsula the Gulf of Corinth, an enclosed sea between the Ionian Sea and the Corinth Canal the Pagasetic Gulf, the gulf of Volos, south...
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    by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, more or less the entirety of Fennoscandia by the White Sea Canal, or Marble Hill...
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    Béla Gerster (category Hungarian canal engineers)
    and canal architect. He took part in an early expedition to determine the route of the Panama Canal, and was the chief engineer of the Corinth Canal. Béla...
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  • Baum 2011). The Saronic Gulf, the gulf of Athens, lies between the Corinth Canal and the Myrtoan Sea. It is said to have been named after the mythical...
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  • called HMS Dolphin II. In April 1941 Cumberlege secretly navigated the Corinth Canal and laid a time-delayed mine and depth charges; however, the charges...
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    motocross jump over the Corinth Canal in Greece. That made him the first FMX rider who accomplished to cross over the canal on his motorbike. He took...
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    alight vessels. Culebra Cut (Gaillard Cut) on the Panama Canal Dawesville Cut Corinth Canal Hellfire Pass, Thailand Bergen Hill Cut and Bergen Arches...
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  • Athens (Plaka – Stamatopoulos Taverna) Athens → Corinth (Isthmos Railway Station) Corinth (Corinth Canal) Nemea (Ancient Stadium) Rio (Fortress of Rio)...
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  • Islands (awarded to Becca & Floyd) Locations Athens (Volterou Street) Corinth (Corinth Canal – Old Bridge) Athens → Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi (Tượng Đài Lý Thái Tổ)...
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    embarkment. The Cape's importance declined with the opening of the Corinth Canal, which allowed ships to bypass the Peloponnese rather than circumnavigating...
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    leads to the Isthmus of Corinth. Although part of Corinthia Prefecture, Loutraki is situated northwest of the Corinth Canal thus not on the Peloponnese...
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    Grant's Canal (also known as Williams's Canal) was an incomplete military effort to construct a canal through De Soto Point in Louisiana, across the Mississippi...
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