"Suda Bay" redirects here. For the ship, see Suda Bay (ship).
Souda Bay inlet, with the Izzeddin Fortress in the foreground
Souda Bay (Greek: Κόλπος Σούδας) is a bay and natural harbour near the town of Souda on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The bay is about 15 km long and only two to four km wide, and a deep natural harbour. It is formed between the Akrotiri peninsula and Cape Drapano, and runs west to east. The bay is overlooked on both sides by hills, with a relatively low and narrow isthmus in the west near Chania.
Near the mouth of Souda bay, between the Akrotiri and the town of Kalives, there is a group of small islands with Venetian fortifications. The largest island is Souda Island, giving its name to the bay.
Souda Bay is now a popular tourist destination although there are no formal public beaches designed in the area, due to the presence of the Crete Naval Base, a major naval installation of the Hellenic Navy and NATO in the eastern Mediterranean. Villages such as Megala Chorafia and Kalives afford fine views of the bay, and house-building, particularly for foreigners and tourist companies, is spreading along the bay.
SoudaBay (Greek: Κόλπος Σούδας) is a bay and natural harbour near the town of Souda on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The bay is about...
The SoudaBay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at SoudaBay, Crete, Greece. It contains 19 burials...
497 sq mi). It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of SoudaBay. Souda is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 miles) to the east of central Chania, although...
at SoudaBay in Crete, Greece. Formally known in NATO as Naval Support Activity, SoudaBay (NSA-SoudaBay), and more commonly in Greece as the Souda Naval...
The Raid on SoudaBay was an assault by Italian Royal Navy explosive boats on SoudaBay, Crete, during the first hours of 26 March 1941. The motor boats...
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Luftwaffe was ordered to stop bombing airfields on the island and mining SoudaBay and to photograph all of the island. By 5 May it was clear that the attack...
southeast Anafi, northeast Thira, north Chania Bay, south SoudaBay, southeast Almyros Bay, south Mirabello Bay, southeast Saundry, Peter; Hogan, C. Michael;...
"Crete Firing Range") is an extensive missile firing range located at SoudaBay on the island of Crete, Greece. NAMFI was established in 1967 as a NATO...
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offices. This stamp depicts the 1 May 1913 raising of the Greek flag on Souda Island, marking the annexation of Crete to the Kingdom of Greece. It was...
with olive trees running south from the main coastal road from Hania to SoudaBay. The road was lower than the surrounding land and had a raised embankment...
personnel. The deployment started on 21 March and operated from the Souda Air Base in SoudaBay on Crete. On 24 March 2011, F-16s from the Royal Norwegian Air...
Centre (NMIOTC) is a training facility for NATO, at Crete Naval Base, in SoudaBay, Crete, Greece. Located at the Northern Sector of the base (Marathi),...
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