Sphacteria
Sphacteria also known as Sphagia is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles: The shipwreck of the Irenes Serenade took place near the island in 1980.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: Greek island near Pylos, Messenia
- Also known as: “Nisi Sfaktiria” and “Sphaghia Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Navarino castle and Gialova Lagoon.
Old Navarino castle
Castle
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The Old Navarino castle is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the other is the Ottoman-built New Navarino. Old Navarino castle is situated 3 km north of Sphacteria.
Gialova Lagoon
Lagoon
Photo: Xrisavgi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gialova Lagoon – also known as Divari, from the Latin word vivarium, meaning "fishery" – is a brackish body of water in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, Greece, about 8 kilometres north of Pylos. Gialova Lagoon is situated 3½ km north of Sphacteria.
Archaeological Museum of Pylos
Museum
Photo: Harald Rossa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Archaeological Museum of Pylos is situated 3 km southeast of Sphacteria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pylos and Voidokilia.
Pylos
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Pylos, historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
Voidokilia
Photo: Gmichalagas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Voidokilia Beach is a popular beach in Messinia in the Mediterranean area. In the shape of the Greek letter omega, its sand forms a semicircular strip of dunes.
Gialova
Village
Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gialova is a village on Navarino Bay in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor in the regional unit of Messenia in the south-west Peloponnese, Greece, about six kilometres north of Pylos. The name derives from Greek γιαλός and Turkish ova, i.e. "lowland shore". Gialova is situated 4 km northeast of Sphacteria.
Sphacteria
- Category: landform
- Location: Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Sphacteria from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Portuguese: “Esfactéria”
- Russian: “Сфагия”
- Russian: “Сфактерия”
- Russian: “Сфактирия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sfagija”
- Spanish: “Esfacteria”
- Swedish: “Sfakteria”
- Tamil: “ஸ்ப்பாக்ட்டீரியா”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yiálova and Yiannoulaíika.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ákra Gáïdaros and Navarino Bay.
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