Kefalos
Kefalos is the westernmost town on the Greek island of Kos, 43 km from Kos Town. It is situated on a peninsula, also known as Kefalos, at the south-west side of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,160 residents
- Description: town on the Greek island of Kos
- Also known as: “Cephalo” and “Képhalo”
- Postal code: 85301
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Kefalos and Aspri Petra.
Aspri Petra
Cave
Photo: Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aspri Petra is a cave, which is situated 3 km southeast of Kefalos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamari Bay.
Kamari Bay
Village
Kamari Bay is situated at the southwestern end of the Greek island of Kos. It is a popular tourist destination. The bay is overlooked by the ancient cliff-top village of Kefalos and is often referred to as Kefalos Bay or Kefalos Beach.
Kefalos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.74502° or 36° 44′ 42″ northLongitude
26.95952° or 26° 57′ 34″ eastPopulation
2,160Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR KEFOpen location code
8G88PXW5+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 91847978OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kefalos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيفالوس، دوديكانيسوس”
- Arabic: “كيفالوس”
- Armenian: “Կեֆալոս”
- Bulgarian: “Кефалос”
- Cebuano: “Kéfalos”
- Chinese: “凱法洛斯”
- Czech: “Kefalos”
- Danish: “Kefalos”
- Dutch: “Kefalos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيفالوس”
- Finnish: “Kefalos”
- Finnish: “Kéfalos”
- French: “Kefalos”
- French: “Kéfalos”
- German: “Kefalos”
- Greek: “Κέφαλος Κω”
- Greek: “Κέφαλος”
- Irish: “Kefalos”
- Italian: “Cefalo”
- Japanese: “ケファロス”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kéfalos”
- Polish: “Kefalos”
- Portuguese: “Céfalo”
- Portuguese: “Kefalos”
- Russian: “Кефалос”
- Slovak: “Kefalos”
- Spanish: “Céfalo”
- Spanish: “Kéfalos”
- Swedish: “Kéfalos”
- Turkish: “Kefalos”
- Turkish: “Kefaloz”
- Ukrainian: “Кефалос”
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