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Gramvousa

Gramvousa, also Grampousa, refers to two small uninhabited islands off the coast of a peninsula also known Gramvousa Peninsula in north-western in the .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: Rocky islands off the Greek island of Crete
  • Also known as: “Ákra Gramvoúsis”, “Akra Vouxa”, and “Triton-Kimaron”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Trachilos Hominin Footprints.

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The Trachilos footprints are possibly tetrapod footprints from the late Miocene on the western , close to the village of Trachilos, west of , in the Chania Prefecture. is situated 3½ km northeast of Gramvousa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kissamos and Pollyrinia.

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is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of , . It is part of the regional unit and of the former Province which covers the northwest corner of the island.

Village
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Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia, Polyrrhen or Polyrren or Polyren, or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia, or Polyrrenion or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south. is situated 5 km southeast of Gramvousa.

Gramvousa

Latitude
35.48597° or 35° 29′ 10″ north
Longitude
23.60636° or 23° 36′ 23″ east
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
Open location code
8G75FJP4+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 308367461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
251698
Wiki­data ID
Q1600173
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gramvousa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جرامفوسا”
  • Catalan: “Grambusa”
  • Cebuano: “Ákra Voúxa”
  • Chinese: “格拉姆武薩群島”
  • Czech: “Gramvousa”
  • Dutch: “Gramvoussa”
  • Finnish: “Gramvoúsa”
  • French: “Gramvoússa”
  • Galician: “Agria Gramvousa”
  • German: “Gramvousa”
  • Greek: “Άκρα Βούξα”
  • Greek: “Γραμβούσα Χανίων”
  • Greek: “Γραμβούσα”
  • Italian: “Carabusa”
  • Italian: “Grabusa”
  • Italian: “Gramvousa”
  • Japanese: “グラムヴサ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gramvousa”
  • Norwegian: “Gramvousa”
  • Portuguese: “Grambússa”
  • Portuguese: “Gramvoúsa”
  • Russian: “Грамвоуса”
  • Russian: “Грамвуса”
  • Swedish: “Ákra Voúxa”
  • Swedish: “Gramvousa”
  • Turkish: “Gramvousa”
  • Urdu: “گرامپوسا”
  • Western Panjabi: “گرامپوسا”

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