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{{short description|Arm of the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Italy}}
[[File:Naples from the Castello Sant Elmo with Abbazia San Martino the port and the Vesuv.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.15|Gulf of Naples at [[Naples]], with [[Mount Vesuvius]] on the horizon.]]
[[File:Capri and Ischia map.png|thumb|right|upright=1.15|Regional map of the Gulf of Naples.]]
[[File:Vesuvius SRTM3.png|thumb|right|Topographic map of the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius]]
[[File:P Gaultier 1754 18th-Century-Map-of-Napoli.jpg|thumb|Map of the Gulf of Napoli 1754]]

The '''Gulf of Naples''' ({{Langx|it|Golfo di Napoli}}; [[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]: ''Gurfo 'e Napole''), also called the '''Bay of Naples''', is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3&nbsp;mi) coastline along the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], which entirely faces the [[Metropolitan City of Naples]] (region of [[Campania]], [[Italy]]). It opens to the west into the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It is bordered on the north by the cities of [[Naples]] and [[Pozzuoli]], on the east by [[Mount Vesuvius]], and on the south by the [[Sorrento Peninsula]] and the main town of the peninsula, [[Sorrento]].  The Peninsula separates the Gulf of Naples from the [[Gulf of Salerno]], which includes the [[Amalfi Coast]].

The islands of [[Capri]], [[Ischia]] and [[Procida]] are located in the Gulf of Naples.<ref>[http://www.incampania.com/en/assets/allegati/Gulf%20of%20Naples%20Islands.pdf Gulf of Naples islands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713024833/http://www.incampania.com/en/assets/allegati/Gulf%20of%20Naples%20Islands.pdf |date=2011-07-13 }} (PDF).</ref> The area is a tourist destination, with the seaside [[Roman Empire|Roman]] ruins of [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] at the foot of [[Mount Vesuvius]] (destroyed in the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius), along the north coast.

Along with the island of [[Ischia]] and gulfs of [[Gulf of Pozzuoli|Pozzuoli]] and [[Gulf of Gaeta|Gaeta]],<ref>D'Alelio D.. 2016. [http://scienzalive.it/laggiu-soffia-cronaca-di-una-caccia-al-capodoglio-nelle-acque-tra-ischia-e-ventotene/ Laggiu soffia! Cronaca di una “caccia” al capodoglio nelle acque tra Ischia e Ventotene - Leviatani, nascosti e preziosi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330000400/http://scienzalive.it/laggiu-soffia-cronaca-di-una-caccia-al-capodoglio-nelle-acque-tra-ischia-e-ventotene/ |date=2017-03-30 }}. The Scienza Live. Retrieved on March 29, 2017</ref><ref>2016. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20171005022119/http://www.caiccomed.com/orca-avvistata/ Orca avvistata]}}</ref> local waters are home to varieties of whales and dolphins including [[fin whale|fin]] and [[sperm whale|sperm]] whales.<ref name=IschiaWhales>Mussi B.. Miragliuolo A.. Monzini E.. Battaglia M.. 1999. [http://www.oceanomaredelphis.org/drupal/publications/008_1999_Mussi_et_al_fin_whale_feeding.pdf Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) feeding ground in the coastal waters of Ischia (Archipelago Campano)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123185550/http://www.oceanomaredelphis.org/drupal/publications/008_1999_Mussi_et_al_fin_whale_feeding.pdf |date=2020-11-23 }} (pdf). The European Cetacean Society. Retrieved on March 28, 2017</ref><ref>Maio N.. Maione V.. Sgammato R.. 2016. [http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/7(1)_33-38.pdf First record of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Cetacea Balaenopteridae)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212163853/http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/7(1)_33-38.pdf |date=2017-02-12 }} (pdf). The Biodiversity Journal. 7 (1). pp.33–38</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMByCXWOi7k&index=7&list=PL21AB7F821330536C balena nel golfo di pozzuoli] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623233739/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMByCXWOi7k&list=PL21AB7F821330536C&index=7 |date=2016-06-23 }} on [[YouTube]]</ref>

== History ==
It is said that the Roman emperor [[Caligula]] built a bridge of boats across the bay and rode across it in a chariot while wearing the armor of [[Alexander the Great]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Scullard|first=H|title=From the Gracchi to Nero|page=284}}</ref>

The Gulf of Naples hosted the [[Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics|sailing]] events for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].

== See also ==
*[[Killiney]] Bay in Dublin, Ireland, whose vista is often compared to that of the Bay of Naples<ref>{{Cite web|last=Naughton|first=Celine|date=2020-10-23|title=Killiney penthouse with links to one of Ireland's wealthiest musicians|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/killiney-penthouse-with-links-to-one-of-irelands-wealthiest-musicians-39657492.html|access-date=2022-06-06|website=[[Irish Independent]]|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf 1960 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. p.&nbsp;86.
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt2.pdf 1960 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. Part 2. pp.&nbsp;963–1023.
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