Aegean Sea
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The Aegean Sea is a sea[1].
Key Facts
- Country: Greece[3], Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
- Instance of: drainage basin[6]
- Named after: Aegeus[7]
- Inflows: Great Menderes River[8], Küçük Menderes River[9], Almyrós[10], Enipeas[11], Gediz River[12], Maritsa[13], Sedountas[14], Yassıçay[15]
- Basin country: Greece[16], Turkey[17]
- Part of: Mediterranean Sea[18]
- Commons category: Aegean Sea[19]
- Has part(s): Icarian Sea[20], Thracian Sea[21], Sea of Crete[22], Myrtoan Sea[23], Gulf of İzmir[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aegean Sea[25]
- Commons gallery: Aegean Sea[26]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Otto's encyclopedia[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], Pauly–Wissowa[32], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[33], Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[34], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], New International Encyclopedia[36]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the Aegean Sea[37]
- Native label: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος[38], Ege Denizi[39]
- Area: 214,000 km²[40]
- Connects with: Levantine Sea[41]
- Vertical depth: 2100 m[42]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Aegean Sea include Aegean Airlines[43], an airline[44], in Greece[45], founded in 1987[46], headquartered in Kifisia[47]; North Aegean Region[48], an administrative region of Greece[49], in Greece[50]; Aegean Region[51], a region of Turkey[52], in Turkey[53], founded in 1941[54]; Ege University[55], a public university[56], in Turkey[57], founded in 1955[58]; Hellenic arc[59], a geological formation[60], in Greece[61]; South Aegean Volcanic Arc[62], a volcanic arc[63], in Greece[64]; Skyros Island National Airport[65], an airport[66], in Greece[67]; and Mer-Égée[68], a department of France[69], in French First Republic[70], founded in 1797[71].
Why It Matters
Aegean Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]
Entities named for it include Aegean Airlines[43], an airline[44], in Greece[45], founded in 1987[46], headquartered in Kifisia[47]; North Aegean Region[48], an administrative region of Greece[49], in Greece[50]; Aegean Region[51], a region of Turkey[52], in Turkey[53], founded in 1941[54]; Ege University[55], a public university[56], in Turkey[57], founded in 1955[58]; Hellenic arc[59], a geological formation[60], in Greece[61]; and South Aegean Volcanic Arc[62], a volcanic arc[63], in Greece[64].