Echinades

The Echinades (; Greek: αἱ Ἐχινάδες νῆσοι per Herodotus, Thucydides, and Strabo, per Homer Echinae are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Acarnania, .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group
  • Also known as: Echinades islands”, “Nisia Modia”, “Nisídes Módia”, and “Nísoi Módhia

Echinades

Latitude
38.43298° or 38° 25′ 59″ north
Longitude
21.0243° or 21° 1′ 28″ east
Open location code
8GC3C2MF+5P
Geo­Names ID
256848
Wiki­data ID
Q767387
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Echinades” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إخناديس
  • Azerbaijani: Exinadlar
  • Breton: Ec’hinades
  • Catalan: Illes Equínades
  • Cebuano: Nisídes Echinádes
  • Chinese: 埃希纳泽斯群岛
  • Dutch: Echinades
  • Finnish: Ekhinadit
  • French: îles Échinades
  • French: Îles Échinades
  • Galician: Illas Equínadas
  • German: Echinaden
  • Greek: Nisiá Módia
  • Greek: Nísoi Módia
  • Greek: Εχινάδες
  • Greek: Νησιά Εχινάδες
  • Greek: Νησιά Μόδια
  • Greek: Νήσοι Μόδια
  • Italian: Echinadi
  • Japanese: エキーナデス諸島
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ekhinadene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ekhinádes
  • Norwegian: Ekhinadene
  • Polish: Echinades
  • Portuguese: Equinadas
  • Russian: Эхинады
  • Russian: Эхины
  • Spanish: Islas Equinadas
  • Spanish: Islas Equínadas
  • Swedish: Nisídes Echinádes
  • Turkish: Echinades
  • Western Armenian: Էհինատես

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