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Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, {{convert|210|nmi|km|-1}} southeast of [[Marseille]]. The commune occupies a sheltered position at the foot of wooded hills on the northern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio<ref name="EB1911"/> between Gravona and the ''pointe de la Parata'' and includes the ''[[îles Sanguinaires]]'' (Bloody Islands). The harbour lies to the east of the original citadel below a hill overlooking a peninsula which protects the harbour in the south where the Quai de la Citadelle and the Jettée de la Citadelle are. The modern city not only encloses the entire harbour but takes up the better part of the Gulf of Ajaccio and in suburban form extends for some miles up the valley of the river [[Gravona]]. The flow from that river is nearly entirely consumed as the city's water supply. Many beaches and coves border its territory and the terrain is particularly rugged in the west where the highest point is {{convert|790|m|0|abbr=on}}.

 

File:Porto Ajacio.JPG|Ajaccio Marina

File:Baie_Ajaccio_voilier.jpg|The Bay