The Corinth Canal, Greece
 
 
The Corinth Canal, Greece The Corinth Canal, which provides a maritime short cut between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf, traces a straight line across the isthmus, the narrow neck of land joining the Peloponnese to mainland Greece.

Begun in 1882 by the French and completed in 1893 by the Greeks, the Canal is nearly 4 mi/6.4 km long, 26 ft/7.9 mtrs deep and 27 yards/24.7 mtrs wide at waterlevel. The walls rise to 260 ft/79.2 mtrs at the highest point. The site of the ancient city-state of Corinth lies 4.5 mi/7 km SW. Navis.gr

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