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artificial harbor

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artificial harbor [¦ärd·ə¦fish·əl ′här·bər]
(civil engineering)
A harbor protected by breakwaters.
A harbor formed by dredging.


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A harbor settlement inhabited starting from 6000 years ago and apparently equipped with a fortification wall partially submerged in the sea along the shore significantly transformed in time, Limantepe is one of the oldest known artificial harbors in the Aegean Sea.
the Phoenicians began building artificial harbors to shelter their fleets and to accommodate their expanding trade network, Morhange proposes.
Unknown to the Germans, the structures are to be used in creating an artificial harbor off Normandy.
 
 
 
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