In shape it is like the sickle ( drepanē, δρεπάνι ), to which it was compared by the ancients: the concave side, with the city and harbour of Corfu in the centre, lies toward the Albanian coast.

Middelburg lies at its centre ; this city is the provincial capital and Vlissingen 9 km to the south is the main harbour.

The site of Liman Tepe, which lies near an old harbour contains very important Bronze Age excavations, the most prominent and remarkable of which is the amount of varying archaic burial sites, as well as evidence of the practises associated with them close by.

A small distance inland lies Craster Tower, the home of the Craster family who owned the quarry and had the harbour improved for its benefit.

To the south of Brixham, and sheltering the southern side of its harbour, lies the coastal headland of Berry Head with a lighthouse, Iron Age Fort and National Nature Reserve.

In the Middle Ages Antium was deserted in favour of Nettuno: at the end of the 17th century Innocent XII and Clement XI restored the harbour, not on the old site but to the east of it, with the opening to the east, a mistake which leads to its being frequently silted up ; it has a depth of about 5 m. The sea is encroaching slightly at Anzio, but some kilometres farther north-west the old Roman coast-line now lies slightly inland ( see Tiber ).

East of Devonport lies North Head, the northern promontory guarding the mouth of the harbour.

The foreshore at Watchet, which lies at the mouth of the Washford River, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park, is rocky, but has a small harbour.

The harbour lies on a band of weak gravel and clay which is easily eroded by the rivers and sea.

One of the others, most of which lies on a narrow peninsula, which juts into Castle Harbour, has been blocked by munitions bunkers that were built at the harbour end.

Located at the head of the Alberni Inlet, Port Alberni lies adjacent to this natural harbour as well as the Somass River.

Matakoe, or Limestone Island, lies in the harbour close to the city.

The port of Scrabster lies about to the west of the estuary of the River Thurso, it is now the 2nd largest whitefish harbour in Scotland.

One and a half miles from the town centre and within the town's boundary lies West Bay, a small fishing harbour known as Bridport Harbour until the arrival of the railway.

The modern town lies between 3 – 70 m ( 10 – 230 ft ) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour onto limestone cliffs.

The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland.

It was formerly an east-coast harbour but now lies inland.

It lies at the mouth of the River Coquet, and the nearby Coquet Island is clearly visible from its beaches and harbour.

Immediately to the west of Burntisland railway station lies the 9-span Viaduct forming a significant feature in the harbour area of the town.

The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour which serves as the chief port for New Caledonia.

After the Norman invasion, Wicklow was granted to Maurice FitzGerald who set about building the ' Black Castle ', a land-facing fortification that lies ruined on the coast immediately south of the harbour.

Near the mouth of the harbour lies the township of Aramoana ( Maori for " pathway to the sea "), infamous for a massacre of 13 people by a gunman, David Gray, in November 1990.

Immediately to the west after the harbour lies the next gate, Davutpaşa Kapısı (" Gate of Davut Pasha "), usually identified with the Gate of Saint Aemilianus (, Porta tou hagiou Aimilianou ), which is known to have stood at the junction of the sea wall with the city's original Constantinian Wall.

It lies across the river Nivelle from the harbour of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

John Byron, who was unaware of the French presence in the east, explored Saunders Island, in the west, named the harbour Port Egmont, and claimed this and other islands for Britain on the grounds of prior discovery.

The central peninsula on the east side of the harbour, and the area immediately opposite on the west side, hosts the site of the original city from the merger of Parrtown and Carleton.

The harbour area to the immediate east of the city is home to a large number of pharmaceutical and medical companies.

Le Mourillon is a small seaside neighbourhood to the east of Toulon, near the entrance of the harbour.

Ancona was founded by Greek settlers from Syracuse about 387 BC, who gave it its name: Ancona is a very slightly modified transliteration of the Greek Αγκων, meaning " elbow "; the harbour to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow.

The annexation was an attempt to forestall German ambitions in the area, and it also guaranteed control of the good deepwater harbour on the way to the Cape Colony and other British colonies on Africa's east coast.

The east ( North Island ) coast runs along Palliser Bay, crosses the entrance to Wellington harbour, past some Wellington suburbs and continues another to Makara beach.

The plans describe the rebuilding of the harbour as a marina, a " Green Wave " along the sea front linking countryside west and east of the town, new housing, shops, a performance area and small university campus.

To the west and east of the old harbour, many fine Victorian and Edwardian villas were built, along with new tenements.

At the east end of Breydon Water the river returns to a narrow channel, passing under Breydon Bridge after which it is joined by the River Bure then under Haven Bridge from where it is 4. 4 km through the harbour into the North Sea.

It is located east of Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island.

Main industrial sites are the harbour towns of Emden and Leer, and Wilhelmshaven east of East Frisia.

Kyrenia Castle at the east end of the old harbour is a spectacular site.

The canal originally terminated at a basin at Huntworth, to the east of Bridgwater, but was later extended to a floating harbour on its western edge.

The London Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LB & SCR ) constructed their own wharf and facilities on the east side of the river, and opened the Newhaven harbour railway station.

The city faced east towards the Greek mainland and had its own harbour.

The abbey ruin at the top of the east cliff is the town's oldest and most prominent landmark with the swing bridge across the River Esk and the harbour sheltered by the grade II listed east and west piers being other significant features.

As an ancient city, lying off the east coast, Mytilene was initially confined to an island that later was joined to Lesbos, creating a north and south harbour.

The area covered by the station is large, as there a long run of coastline with no harbour – Great Yarmouth is 40 miles ( 65 km ) by sea to the south east and the restricted harbour of Wells next the Sea 25 miles ( 40 km ) to the west.

Burgoyne's proposed ' flank march ' required the Allies to go round the city to the east in order to attack the harbour from the south where the defences were weakest.