According to Wikipedia<\/a>, the Conrinth Canal, “connects the\u00a0Gulf of Corinth\u00a0in the\u00a0Ionian Sea\u00a0with the\u00a0Saronic Gulf\u00a0in the\u00a0Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow\u00a0Isthmus of Corinth\u00a0and separates the\u00a0Peloponnese\u00a0from the\u00a0Greek mainland<\/em>“. Built in 1893, it was for a while an important trading route within Greece<\/a>.\u00a0 However, it is a very narrow cut through bedrock – it is 6.4 km long but only 21.4 m wide at the base – meaning that many modern ships cannot pass through today.\u00a0 Nonetheless it is an important route for smaller tourist ships.<\/p>\n The Corinth Canal has suffered landslide problems since its construction.\u00a0 Again Wikipedia provides some detail<\/a>:<\/p>\n Another persistent problem was the heavily faulted\u00a0nature of the\u00a0sedimentary rock, in an active\u00a0seismic zone, through which the canal is cut.\u00a0The canal’s high\u00a0limestone walls have been persistently unstable from the start. Although it was formally opened in July 1893 it was not opened to navigation until the following November, due to landslides. It was soon found that the wake from ships passing through the canal undermined the walls, causing further landslides. This required further expense in building retaining walls along the water’s edge for more than half of the length of the canal, using 165,000 cubic metres of masonry.\u00a0Between 1893 and 1940, it was closed for a total of four years for maintenance to stabilise the walls. In 1923 alone, 41,000 cubic metres of material fell into the canal, which took two years to clear out.<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n In January this year a further large rockfall occurred along the Corinth Canal. UP Stories has published an excellent video on Youtube that shows the aftermath of the rockfall, and the serious damage that it has caused<\/a>:<\/p>\n