Koufonisi

Koufonisi is an uninhabited islet, located 5.6 km south of cape Goudero on the coast of , eastern , in the Libyan Sea. The island is roughly 6 kilometres long and 5.5 kilometres across.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: small Greek island near Crete
  • Also known as: Koufó”, “Koufonísion”, “Koufoníssi”, “Kupho Nisi”, “Kuphonisi”, “Lefkí”, “Nisís Koufonísi”, “Nisís Koufonísion”, and “Nisís Koufónisos

Places of Interest

Highlights include Theatre of Lefki.

Ruins
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a ruins.

Koufonisi

Latitude
34.93817° or 34° 56′ 17″ north
Longitude
26.13923° or 26° 8′ 21″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8G68W4QQ+7M
Geo­Names ID
259163
Wiki­data ID
Q745477
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Koufonisi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة كوفونيسي
  • Catalan: Kufonissi
  • Cebuano: Koufonísi
  • Chinese: 庫福尼西島
  • Finnish: Koufonísi
  • French: Koufonísi
  • German: Koufonisi
  • Greek: Κουφονήσι Λασιθίου
  • Greek: Κουφονήσι
  • Greek: Κουφονήσιον
  • Greek: Λευκή
  • Italian: Koufonisi (Creta)
  • Italian: Koufonīsi
  • Polish: Kufonisi
  • Russian: Куфониси (Крит)
  • Russian: Куфониси
  • Russian: Куфонисион
  • Serbian: Куфониси
  • Spanish: Koufonisi
  • Spanish: Kufonisi
  • Swedish: Koufonísi
  • Turkish: Kufonisi (Girit)
  • Turkish: Kufonisi
  • Urdu: کوفونیسی

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Koufonisi”. Photo: Hansbaer, CC BY-SA 3.0.