<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3f7eba57-c95b-471a-b82e-c6f5672bfe41/1ED2FE7D-FD75-465C-B99C-A17567D39151/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html" href="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.aroundgreece.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html"><P> The famous Corinth Canal, which separates the Peloponnese from mainland Greece, connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf. The Corinth Canal, though only completed in the late 19th century, was an idea and dream that’s dates back over 2000 thousand years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html"><P><IMG width="285" height="370" border="0" alt="Corinth Canal Greece - Corinthia Peloponnese Corinth Canal History" src="http://www.aroundgreece.com/greece-images/corinth-canal/corinth-canal-1.jpg" class="float_right" />The strip of land that connects the Peloponnese and mainland Greece is called the “Isthmus”. At it’s narrowest point, it is only 4 miles wide, and in ancient times, one could see from one side to the other. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html"><P>Before the Corinth Canal was constructed, ships had to travel all around the Peloponnese, which added approximately 185 nautical miles, and several days more travel to their journey time.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.aroundgreece.com/img/4350A495-63CD-4C03-AE82-2EEE5CA143DE" alt="Corinth Canal Greece - Corinthia Peloponnese Corinth Canal History" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.aroundgreece.com/corinth-canal-peloponnese-greece.html"><P>Length: 6343 meters (3.94 miles) Width at land level: 24.60 meters Width at Sea Bed: 21.30 meters Water Depth: 8 meters Highest Point from Sea Level: 79 meters </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJVcuZrxdM&feature=related" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJVcuZrxdM&feature=related" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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