Cape Matapan

Cape Matapan, also called Cape Tainaron or Taenarum, or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the , in the in . Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece, and the second southernmost point in mainland Europe.
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  • 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”
    “Tainaron”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokkinogeia and Paliros.
is a village in the municipality of , Laconia, Greece.
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is a hamlet.
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is a hamlet.

Cape Matapan

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Latitude
36.38549° or 36° 23′ 8″ north
Longitude
22.48314° or 22° 28′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G849FPM+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 286073884
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
253065
Wiki­data ID
Q849911

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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”
  • Georgian: “ტენარონის კონცხი”
  • 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”
  • Macedonian: “Матапан”
  • 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 Ténaro”
  • Spanish: “Ténaro”
  • Swedish: “Kap Matapan”
  • Swedish: “Matapan”
  • Swiss German: “Tainaron”
  • Turkish: “Matapan Burnu”
  • Ukrainian: “Матапан”
  • Uzbek: “Tenaron”

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