Ceramic Gulf

The Ceramic Gulf is a long, narrow inlet of the Aegean between the peninsulas of Bodrum and Datça. The island of Kos lies near its entrance, while the gulf extends eastward for roughly a hundred kilometres. It takes its ancient name from Ceramus, a city midway along the northern shore. Halicarnassus stood farther west, and the island city of Cedrae lay near the southern shore. At the head of the gulf, a low alluvial plain contrasts with the mountains enclosing the water.