Skala of Gerakini
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Sailing Tip
Skála of Gerakiní is located at the head of Toronaíos gulf, 0.7 mile northeast from the east entrance of the channel of Néa Potídaia. The village Gerakiní is located about 0.5 miles north of it inland. It is an ore-loading port as well as the small harbor of the settlement Polýgyros.
In front of the skála (small harbor) there are the facilities of the metal mines of Gerakiní “Ellinikí Lefkólithos”, consisting of a warehouse (silo) on the shore, where cargo ships unload magnesite, and a conveyor belt, 80 meters long, which lies on a mole of south direction, with depths of about 3.9 meters near its head.
The mole leads to a silo from which barges are loaded and transported to vessels that have anchored offshore. A light is exhibited (40° 16’,2 N - 23° 26’,6 E) from the head of the mole. 0.2 miles east of the mole there is a jetty with depths of less than 1 meter near its head.
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Navigational Aids
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Village Trypití is located in the northwest part of the coast of Próvlakas bay, with a T-shaped pier, 5 meters wide at its neck and 15 meters wide at its head. The waters near its head are 5 meters deep but they decrease normally towards the shore.
The small port is protected by a windward curved mole which extends to the north-northwest for 120 meters and on its head a light operates. The depths near the sides of the mole are 3 meters, which decrease normally towards its base.
The small port is open to the southwest and covered from the west by a small peninsula of south direction, which is 300 meters long and ends up at cape Néos Marmarás. The opening of the entrance is 200 meters and its penetration to the north is 300 meters.
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