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The Calanque de Port-Miou is one of the three big Cassis calanques. It is very long and narrow, and thus was very suitable for establishing a marina.
Map of Calanque de Port Miou, France
The name Port-Miou is an approximative transcripcion in french orthography of the occitan Pòrt-Melhor (the "best port") which is locally pronuncied /pwɔʁ.mi.ju/.
References
Calanque de Port-Miou Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA