Augusta Bay (Sicily)

The Augusta Bay is located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, about 270 nm south-southeast of Naples.Augusta Bay Port Facility In the ancient period it was called Xiphonius portus (). The modern Capo di Santa Croce was called Xiphonian Promontory (). Diodorus Siculus mentions that the Carthaginian fleet (263 B.C.) touched at Xiphonia on its way to Syracuse, Sicily. Stephanus of Byzantium wrote about a town there which was called Xiphonia (Ξιφωνία),Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, X481.7 but most probably he made a mistake, since no other known ancient author mentioned it.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Xiphonius Portus

It is the location of the Augusta Bay Port Facility which supports the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy. The facility is distributed among Porto Megarese, Porto Xifonio and Seno del Priolo.

See also Augusta-Priolo

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External links Augusta Port