[:ja]ルカ・パルミタノ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したイオニア海です。
イオニア海は、地中海の海域の一つで、ギリシャ半島（バルカン半島南部）とイタリア半島南部の間に広がり、北にアドリア海と接しています。ギリシャ共和国およびアルバニア南部の西、イタリア本土の南、シチリア島の東にあたります。
イオニア海に位置する島嶼群はイオニア諸島と呼ばれ、中世後期から近代にかけてヴェネツィア共和国・イギリスなどの支配下に置かれていたヘプタネサとも呼ばれる島々を指す歴史的な地域区分であるとともに、ギリシャ共和国の広域自治体であるペリフェリア（地方）のひとつです。また、南東部に地中海最深 (5267m) のカリプソ海淵（Calypso Deep）があります。イオニア海は世界で最も地震活動が活発な地域の一つです。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1117: Ionian Sea
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS Ionian Sea.
The Ionian Sea is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania (and western Apulia, Italy) to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese. All major islands in the sea, which are located in the east of the sea, belong to Greece which are collectively named the Ionian Islands. There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at 5,267m, is located in the Ionian Sea. The sea is one of the most seismically active areas in the world.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1117: Ionian Sea
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS Ionian Sea.
The Ionian Sea is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania (and western Apulia, Italy) to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese. All major islands in the sea, which are located in the east of the sea, belong to Greece which are collectively named the Ionian Islands. There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at 5,267m, is located in the Ionian Sea. The sea is one of the most seismically active areas in the world.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]