What is Adriatic Sea?
[[File:Adriatic Sea.jpg|right|thumb|A [[satellite (artificial)|satellite]] image of the Adriatic Sea.]] The '''Adriatic Sea''' is a body of water and is a part of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The [[Italian Peninsula]] from the [[Balkan Peninsula]] was separated by the sea. Countries that have a [[coastline]] in the Adriatic Sea are [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]] and [[Albania]]. The [[average]] [[width]] of the sea is about 160 [[kilometre|km]]. The [[Strait of Otranto]] joins the Adriatic Sea and the [[Ionian Sea]] and is only 85 to 100 km wide. The sea is very shallow. Its average depth is 240 [[metre|m]] (133 [[fathom]]s). The sea is deepest east of [[Monte Gargano]] and south of [[Dubrovnik]] where it dips below 1,460 m (800 fathoms). ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Adriatic Sea}} {{List of seas}} {{authority control}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Mediterranean Sea]]