Corinth Canal
- a 6.4 km long and 8 m deep artificial canal in Greece, which is only 24.6 m wide - making it impassable for many modern ships.
- It connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
-It was built between 1881 and 1893 by Hungarian engineers and architects István Türr and Béla Gerster. Although it was formally opened in July 1893, it was not opened to navigation until the following November, due to landslides.
-The canal has been closed since the beginning of 2021 after a landslide. It re-opened in June 2022 until October 2022. After further safety measures, the canal is scheduled to reopen in 2023.
Image credit National Geographic
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