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The Strait of Otranto (Albanian: Ngushtica e Otrantos; Italian: Canale d'Otranto) connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania. Its width between Punta Palascìa , eastern Salento , and Karaburun Peninsula , western Albania, is less than 72 km (45 miles; 39 nautical miles). [ 1 ]
The Strait of Otranto, to which the city gives its name, connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania. The harbour is small and has little trade. [7] The lighthouse Faro della Palascìa, at approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) southeast of Otranto, marks the most easterly point of the Italian mainland.
The Battle of the Strait of Otranto of 1917 was the result of an Austro-Hungarian raid during the Adriatic Campaign of World War I on the Otranto Barrage, an Allied naval blockade of the Strait of Otranto. The battle took place on 15 May 1917, and was the largest surface action in the Adriatic Sea during World War I. [1]
Map showing the location of the Straits of Otranto at the southern end of the Adriatic. On 27 January 1916, Novara, Csepel and Orjen departed Cattaro on a mission to attack the shipping in Durazzo harbor. En route the two sisters accidentally collided with each other and had to return to port although the cruiser continued the mission.
Map showing the location of the Straits of Otranto at the southern end of the Adriatic Main article: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) In May 1917, captain Miklós Horthy planned a major raid on the drifters of the Otranto Barrage , using a force composed of the three Novara -class cruisers.
Map showing the location of the Straits of Otranto at the southern end of the Adriatic Horthy was determined to use the fleet to attack the Otranto Barrage . Planning to repeat his successful raid on the blockade in May 1917 , [ 86 ] Horthy envisioned a massive attack on the Allied forces with Prinz Eugen and her three sister ships providing ...
Map showing the location of the Straits of Otranto at the southern end of the Adriatic Largely unable to engage in major offensive combat operations after the Bombardment of Ancona due to the Otranto Barrage, Tegetthoff mostly relegated to defending Austria-Hungary's 1,130-nautical-mile (2,090 km; 1,300 mi) coastline and 2,172.4 nmi (4,023.3 km ...
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