History of Adriatic sea

	Revision 4 . . November 20, 2001 1:24 am by Eob [Added link to comparitive land areas]
	Revision 3 . . September 27, 2001 1:38 am by Paul Drye [De-1911ed it. Austria-Hungary isn't on the Adriatic -- it doesn't border *anything* any more :)]

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The Adriatic extends northwest from 40° to 45° 45' N., with an extreme length of about 480 miles (770 kilometers), and a mean breadth of about 100 miles (160 kilometers), but the [Strait of Otranto]?, through which it connects at the south with the Ionian Sea, is only 45 miles wide. Moreover, the chain of islands which fringes the northern part of the eastern shore reduces the extreme breadth of open sea in this part to 90 miles. Its total surface area is about 60,000 square miles (160,000 square kilometers)

The Adriatic extends northwest from 40° to 45° 45' N., with an extreme length of about 480 miles (770 kilometers), and a mean breadth of about 100 miles (160 kilometers), but the [Strait of Otranto]?, through which it connects at the south with the Ionian Sea, is only 45 miles wide. Moreover, the chain of islands which fringes the northern part of the eastern shore reduces the extreme breadth of open sea in this part to 90 miles. Its total surface area is about 60,000 square miles (160,000 square kilometers)