Pacheia Ammos
Pacheia Ammos is a village in the municipality of Ierapetra on the island of Crete in Greece. It is located on the north coast of the island, 15 km to the north of the city of Ierapetra, at the fork in the road that leads to Heraklion in the west and Sitia in the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Max Ryazanov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 574 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Pachia Ammos”, “Pachia Amos”, “Pakhía Ámmos”, and “Pakhiámmos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gournia and Ha gorge.
Gournia
Photo: Lourakis, Public domain.
Gournia is the site of a Minoan palace complex in the Lasithi regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. Its modern name originated from the many stone troughs that are at the site and its original name for the site is unknown.
Ha gorge
Gorge
Photo: Lourakis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ha Gorge is a narrow gorge, at the Monasteraki Dakos, on the eastern part of the island of Crete in Greece. It is located in the west slope of Thrypti mountain range, and exits east of Vasiliki village in the plain of Ierapetra. Ha gorge is situated 3½ km southeast of Pacheia Ammos.
Chalasmenos
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vasiliki and Kavousi.
Vasiliki
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasiliki is the name of a village in the municipality of Ierapetra, in the prefecture of Lasithi, on Crete, and the name of the nearby Minoan archeological site. The site took its name from the village. Vasiliki is situated 2½ km south of Pacheia Ammos.
Kavousi
Village
Photo: Lemur12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kavousi is a historic village in the municipality of Ierapetra in the regional unit of Lasithi in eastern Crete. "Kavousi" in the Cretan dialect means "water source". Kavousi is situated 5 km east of Pacheia Ammos.
Episkopi
Village
Episkopi is a village on the Greek island of Crete. Episkopi belongs to the community of Kato Chorio within the municipality of Ierapetra, Lasithi. It lies north of Ierapetra in the middle of the narrowest part of the island. Episkopi is situated 6 km south of Pacheia Ammos.
Pacheia Ammos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ierapetra, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.10934° or 35° 6′ 34″ northLongitude
25.80557° or 25° 48′ 20″ eastPopulation
574Open location code
8G774R54+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 505984014OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Pacheia Ammos” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pacheia Ammos”
- Finnish: “Pacheia Ammos”
- Finnish: “Pacheiá Ámmos”
- French: “Pacchianamo”
- French: “Pacheía Ámmos”
- French: “Pachía Ámmos”
- German: “Pacheia Ammos”
- German: “Pachia Ammos”
- Greek: “Παχέα Άμμος”
- Greek: “Παχεία Άμμος Ιεράπετρας”
- Greek: “Παχεία Άμμος Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Παχειά Άμμος”
- Greek: “Παχεία Άμμος”
- Greek: “Παχεῖα Ἄμμος”
- Russian: “Пахия-Амос”
- Spanish: “Pacheia Ammos”
- Ukrainian: “Пахія-Амос”
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