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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.
Crete Naval Base (Greek: Ναύσταθμος Κρήτης, Nafstathmos Kritis) is a major naval base of the Hellenic Navy and NATO at Souda Bay in Crete, Greece.. Formally known in NATO as Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay (NSA-Souda Bay), [1] and more commonly in Greece as the Souda Naval Base (Greek: Ναυτική Βάση Σούδας, Naftiki Vasi Soudas), it serves as the second largest ...
The Souda Bay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece.It contains 19 burials from World War I and 731 World War II burials where the body was identified along with another 776 burials of bodies which are unable to be identified (Battle of Crete).
Souda (Greek: Σούδα) is an islet in Souda Bay on the northwest coast of Crete. In ancient times this islet was one of two islets that were referred to as Leukai . The second islet is known today as Leon .
Crete, Souda Bay is on the north coast to the west Souda Bay (Suda Bay to the British) is a naturally protected harbour on the north-western coast of the island of Crete, about 4.3 mi (7 km) long with a depth of 33–39 ft (10–12 m) at the mouth, increasing to 230–390 ft (70–120 m) further inside.
Souda Bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean and is easy to defend. [citation needed] Now Souda is the arrival point for ferries from Piraeus. There is also a naval base located in Souda and across the bay, for NATO, with military accommodation and hospital in the town.
The NATO Missile Firing Installation or NAMFI (Greek: Πεδίο Βολής Κρήτης, "Crete Firing Range") is an extensive missile firing range located at Souda Bay on the island of Crete, Greece.
The islet of Leon, on the left, next to the larger islet of Souda, within Souda bay On the southeast side of the islet, a small distance away, there is another larger islet called Souda . In ancient times these two islets were referred to as Leukai (Greek for "white ones") and pronounced "Lefkai".