Cape Matapan
Cape Matapan, also called Cape Tainaron or Taenarum, or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, in the Peloponnese in Greece. Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece, and the second southernmost point in mainland Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: cape at south tip of Greece, ancient Taenarum
- Also known as: “Akra Tainaron”, “Akra Trainaron”, “Cape Tainaro”, “Cape Tenaro”, “Kávo Matapás”, “Matapás”, “Taenarium Promontorium”, “Taenarum”, and “Tainaron”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokkinogeia and Paliros.
Kokkinogeia
Hamlet
Kokkinogeia is a village in the municipality of East Mani, Laconia, Greece. It is the southernmost village in mainland Greece. It is part of the local community of Lagia. Its population was 9 at the 2011 census.
Cape Matapan
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: East Mani, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.38549° or 36° 23′ 8″ northLongitude
22.48314° or 22° 28′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8G849FPM+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 286073884OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Cape Matapan” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ταίναρον”
- Azerbaijani: “Tenaron burnu”
- Basque: “Matapan”
- Bulgarian: “Матапан”
- Catalan: “Cap Matapan”
- Catalan: “Cap Tènar”
- Catalan: “Cap Tènaron”
- Catalan: “Cap Tènaros”
- Catalan: “Tènar”
- Catalan: “Tènaron”
- Catalan: “Tènaros”
- Cebuano: “Ákra Taínaron”
- Chinese: “泰納龍角”
- Chinese: “泰纳罗角”
- Chinese: “泰纳龙角”
- Chinese: “马塔潘角”
- Czech: “Matapan”
- Czech: “mys Matapan”
- Czech: “mys Tainaro”
- Czech: “Tainaro”
- Danish: “Taenarum”
- Dutch: “Cape Matapan”
- Dutch: “Kaap Taenarum”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Tenaro”
- Finnish: “Taínaro”
- French: “Cap de Matapan”
- French: “Cap Matapan”
- French: “cap Ténare”
- French: “Cap Ténare”
- German: “Kap Matapan”
- German: “Kap Tainaron”
- German: “Kap Tenaro”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Ματαπάς”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Ταίναρο”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριον Ταίναρον”
- Greek: “Κάβο Ματαπάς”
- Greek: “Ταίναρο”
- Hebrew: “כף מטפן”
- Hungarian: “Matapan-fok”
- Hungarian: “Ténaro-fok”
- Indonesian: “Taenarum”
- Indonesian: “Tanaerum”
- Italian: “Capo Matapan”
- Italian: “Capo Tenaro”
- Italian: “Tenaria”
- Italian: “Tenaro”
- Japanese: “タイナロン”
- Japanese: “テナロ岬”
- Japanese: “マタパン岬”
- Latin: “Porta Taenaria”
- Latin: “Portam taenariam”
- Latin: “Taenarum”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Taenarum”
- Marathi: “केप माटापान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Matapan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Ténaro”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Matapan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cap Matapan”
- Polish: “Matapan”
- Polish: “Tajnaron”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Matapan”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Taenarum”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Tainaron”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Tênaro”
- Russian: “Матапан”
- Russian: “Тенар”
- Russian: “Тенарон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Matapan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Taenarus”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tenar”
- Spanish: “Cabo Tenaro”
- Spanish: “Cabo Ténaro”
- Spanish: “Tenaro”
- Spanish: “Ténaro”
- Swedish: “Kap Matapan”
- Swedish: “Matapan”
- Swiss German: “Tainaron”
- Tosk Albanian: “Tainaron”
- Turkish: “Matapan Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Матапан”
- Uzbek: “Tenaron”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Αγριοκάμπι and Mianes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Φάρος Ταινάρου Κάβο Ματαπά and Ρωμαϊκή Παραλία.
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