What is Gulf of Naples?
[[File:Naples from the Castello Sant Elmo with Abbazia San Martino the port and the Vesuv.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.15|Gulf of Naples at [[Naples]], with [[Mount Vesuvius]] on the horizon.]] [[File:Capri and Ischia map.png|right|thumb|upright=1.15|Regional map of the Gulf of Naples.]] [[File:Vesuvius SRTM3.png|right|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Topographic map]] of the Gulf of Naples with the [[Phlegraean Fields]] and [[Mount Vesuvius]]]] The '''Gulf of Naples''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Golfo di Napoli'') is on the south-western coast of [[Italy]]. Also called the '''Bay of Naples''', it is a c.{{convert|15|km|mi|adj=mid|-wide|1}} gulf in the [[province of Naples]], [[Campania]] region. The bay opens to the west into the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It is bordered on the north by [[Naples]], [[Pozzuoli]] and the [[Phlegraean Fields]], on the east by [[Mount Vesuvius]], and on the south by [[Sorrento, Italy|Sorrento]] and the [[Sorrentine Peninsula]]. The Peninsula separates the Gulf of Naples from the [[Gulf of Salerno]], which includes the [[Amalfi coast]]. The islands of [[Capri]], [[Ischia]] and [[Procida]] are in the Gulf of Naples.<ref>[http://www.incampania.com/en/assets/allegati/Gulf%20of%20Naples%20Islands.pdf Gulf of Naples islands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713024833/http://www.incampania.com/en/assets/allegati/Gulf%20of%20Naples%20Islands.pdf |date=2011-07-13 }} (PDF).</ref> The area is a tourist destination, with the seaside [[Roman Empire|Roman]] ruins of [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] at the foot of [[Mount Vesuvius]]. These towns were covered with [[volcanic ash]] in the AD [[79]] eruption of Vesuvius. [[Fin whale]]s can sometimes be seen in [[Gulf of Pozzuoli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMByCXWOi7k&index=7&list=PL21AB7F821330536C|title=balena nel golfo di pozzuoli|first=|last=gentedipiazza|date=24 October 2007|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Gulfs of Italy]]