Sphacteria

Sphacteria also known as Sphagia is a small island at the entrance to the bay of in the , . It was the site of three battles: The shipwreck of the Irenes Serenade took place near the island in 1980.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 22 metres (72 feet)
  • Description: Greek island near Pylos, Messenia
  • Also known as
    “Nisi Sfaktiria”
    “Sphaghia Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Voidokilia and Old Navarino castle.

Photo: Gmichalagas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beach is a popular beach in Messinia, southern , on the Ionian Sea.

Castle
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The is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near , . is situated 3 km north of Sphacteria.

Lagoon
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– also known as Divari, from the Latin… is situated 3½ km north of Sphacteria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pylos and Gialova.

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, historically also known as Navarino, is a town…

Village
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is a village on Navarino Bay in the… is situated 4 km northeast of Sphacteria.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Sphacteria.

Sphacteria

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Latitude
36.92994° or 36° 55′ 48″ north
Longitude
21.66608° or 21° 39′ 58″ east
Open location code
8G83WMH8+XC
Geo­Names ID
253965
Wiki­data ID
Q1303524

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Tamil—“Sphacteria” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σφαγία”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σφακτηρία”
  • Bulgarian: “Сфактерия”
  • Catalan: “Esfactèria”
  • Cebuano: “Nísos Sfaktiría”
  • Chinese: “斯法克蒂里亚岛”
  • Chinese: “斯法克蒂里亞島”
  • Chinese: “斯法吉亚岛”
  • Dutch: “Sphacteria”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سفاكتيريا”
  • Finnish: “Sfaktiría”
  • French: “Sphactérie”
  • German: “Sfaktiria”
  • Greek: “Nisí Sfaktiría”
  • Greek: “Νησί Σφακτηρία”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Σφακτηρία”
  • Greek: “Σφακτηρία”
  • Hebrew: “ספקטריה”
  • Italian: “Sfacteria”
  • Japanese: “スパクテリア島”
  • Japanese: “スファギア島”
  • Japanese: “スファクテリア”
  • Latin: “Sphagia”
  • Latin: “Sphakteria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sfagia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sfakteria”
  • Norwegian: “Sfagia”
  • Norwegian: “Sfakteria”
  • Polish: “Sfakteria”
  • Portuguese: “Esfactéria”
  • Russian: “Сфагия”
  • Russian: “Сфактерия”
  • Russian: “Сфактирия”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sfagija”
  • Spanish: “Esfacteria”
  • Swedish: “Sfakteria”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ப்பாக்ட்டீரியா”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ákra Gáïdaros and Navarino Bay.

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