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The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy, including Calabria and Sicily, to the west, by southwestern Albania and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and Lefkas to the east. The islands are collectively referred to as the Ionian Islands, and other islands including the Strophades, Schiza, Sapientza and Kythira. The neighboring gulf is the Gulf of Patras and Ambracian Gulf in the east and The ferry route between Patras and Brindisi and Ancona crosses over the east and north and shipping routes from Athens westward cross over the Ionian. Other ferry routes connecting the islands and land except for Lefkada are mainly in the east and southeast PlacesIn order from south to north in the west and then north to south in the east:
Gulfs and straits
TributariesIn order from north to south
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