Albanian Ionian Sea Coast Albanian Ionian Sea Coast The Albanian Ionian Sea Coast ( — ) is a coastline of the Northeastern Ionian Sea, that encompasses the southwestern border of the Republic of Albania, stretching from the southern half of Karaburun Peninsula, across the historical region of Labëria, the city of Sarandë, the mountains of the Ceraunians and the Albanian Riviera, to the Lake of Butrint, where the Strait of Corfu separates the country from Greece. Albania is located in Southern and Southeastern Europe in the western section of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders on Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia
Albanian Regiment (France) that had resettled in the islands after losing conflicts against Ali Pasha in the Pashalik of Yanina and another one that comprised 500 Greeks. After the French army took over the administration of the area the Albanians were enrolled as the Albanian Regiment () and the Greek refugees as the Battalion of Greek Infantry Skirmishers () sometimes known as the Indigenous Battalion of Ionian Islands () and after the enrollment of Albanian refugees also as the Pandours of Albania (). In the Albanian Regiment later local Greeks, Italian and Dalmatians would be recruited but the desired total number of 3,254