Taphians

In Homeric Greece, the islands of Taphos lay in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania in northwestern Greece, home of seagoing and piratical inhabitants, the Taphians.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group of Ionian Sea, Greece
  • Also known as: Meganísi”, “Meganísi Nísos”, “Nisida Meganisi”, “Nisída Meganísi”, “Nisís Meganision”, “Nisís Tathos”, “Táfos”, “Teleboides islands”, and “Tilevoḯs

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spartochori and Vathy.

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Taphians

Latitude
38.65228° or 38° 39′ 8″ north
Longitude
20.76381° or 20° 45′ 50″ east
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
8GC2MQ27+WG
Geo­Names ID
257372
Wiki­data ID
Q1432910
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Armenian—“Taphians” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Тафийци
  • Catalan: Tafis
  • Cebuano: Tilevoides
  • Dutch: Taphians
  • Finnish: Tilevoḯdes
  • French: Taphos
  • German: Taphier
  • German: Teleboer
  • German: Tilevoides
  • Greek: Νησίδα Μεγανήσι
  • Greek: Τάφιοι Νήσοι
  • Greek: Τηλεβόες Νήσοι
  • Greek: Τηλεβοΐδες νήσοι
  • Hebrew: טילבואידס
  • Italian: Tafi
  • Portuguese: Tafos
  • Russian: Тафийские острова
  • Russian: Тафийцы
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tafos
  • Swedish: Tilevoides
  • Western Armenian: Թիլեվոյիդես (Թաֆյի) կղզիներ
  • Western Armenian: Թիլեվոյիդես կղզիներ

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