Mycale Strait

The Mycale Strait, also known as the Samos Strait, is a narrow strait separating the island of from in the eastern . At its narrowest point it is only 1.6 km wide; the narrowest between any and Turkey.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait in Greece
  • Also known as: “Dhíavlos tís Sámou”, “Díavlos Sámou”, “Mykális”, “Samos Boghaz”, “Samos Channel”, “Samos Strait”, “Sisam Boğazı”, “Stená Sámou”, “Stenó Sámou”, and “Strait of Samos”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vathy and Pythagoreio.

Town
Photo: Pe-sa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a community and a former municipality on the island of , , . Since 2019, it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of East Samos. is situated 7 km northwest of Mycale Strait.

Village
Photo: Njaker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and municipal unit on the island of , , . Before the 2011 local government reform, was a municipality. is situated 7 km west of Mycale Strait.

Town
Photo: Dybdal, Public domain.
is a port town on the island of in . It is the capital of the regional unit of and of the municipality of East . It is also known by its old name of Vathy, though this now usually refers to the old hillside suburb of . is situated 8 km northwest of Mycale Strait.

Mycale Strait

Latitude
37.69537° or 37° 41′ 43″ north
Longitude
27.01693° or 27° 1′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G99M2W8+4Q
Geo­Names ID
254113
Wiki­data ID
Q6946834
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Satellite Map

Discover Mycale Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Mycale Strait” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Dilək boğazı”
  • Basque: “Mikalako itsasartea”
  • Cebuano: “Samos Strait”
  • Croatian: “Tjesnac Mycale”
  • Greek: “Stenón Sámou”
  • Greek: “Στενό της Μυκάλης”
  • Italian: “stretto di Dilek”
  • Italian: “stretto di Micale”
  • Italian: “stretto di Samo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mykalesundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mykalisundet”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Mícala”
  • Romanian: “Mycale”
  • Romanian: “strâmtoarea Mycale”
  • Russian: “Микале”
  • Russian: “Самос”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Micala”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Mícala”
  • Swedish: “Samos Strait”
  • Turkish: “Dilek Boğazı”
  • Turkish: “Dilek Geçidi”

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