Crete
Lasithi
Ierapetra

Kavousi

Kavousi is a historic village in the municipality of in the regional unit of in eastern . "Kavousi" in the Cretan dialect means "water source".
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  • Type: Village with 559 residents
  • Description: village in Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Kavousi, Lasithi” and “Kavousion”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Azoria and Monumental Olive Tree of Azorias.

Archaeological site
Photo: Dchaggis, Public domain.
is an archaeological site on a double-peaked hill overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete in the Greek Aegean. "Azoria" is a local toponym, not apparently an ancient place name or epigraphically-attested Greek city.

Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Valley
Photo: Andloukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The gorge of Mesona located in , east of the village of Kavoussi, shortly after the church of Agia Kyriaki. It is relatively a small canyon, and the length is up to 4 km, linking the plateau Thripti the area Kavoussi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pacheia Ammos and Vasiliki.

Village
Photo: Max Ryazanov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the municipality of on the island of in . 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 in the west and in the east. is situated 5 km west of Kavousi.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the name of a village in the municipality of , in the prefecture of , on , and the name of the nearby Minoan archeological site. The site took its name from the village. is situated 6 km southwest of Kavousi.

Village
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is a small village in regional unit on , . It is situated 28 kilometers northeast of and lies 10 kilometers from the Cretan south coast. is situated 7 km southeast of Kavousi.

Kavousi

Latitude
35.12202° or 35° 7′ 19″ north
Longitude
25.85949° or 25° 51′ 34″ east
Population
559
Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)
Open location code
8G774VC5+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415443931
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
260362
Wiki­data ID
Q1737266
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Spanish—“Kavousi” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Kavousion”
  • Bulgarian: “Кавуси”
  • Catalan: “Kavousion”
  • Catalan: “Kavusi”
  • Dutch: “Kavousi”
  • Finnish: “Kavoúsi”
  • French: “Kavoúsi (Lassíthi)”
  • French: “Kavoúsi”
  • French: “Kavoúsion”
  • German: “Kavousi”
  • German: “Kavousion”
  • Greek: “Καββούσι”
  • Greek: “Καβούσι Ιεράπετρας”
  • Greek: “Καβούσι Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Καβούσι”
  • Greek: “Καβούσιον Ιεράπετρας”
  • Greek: “Καβούσιον Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Καβούσιον”
  • Persian: “کاوسی”
  • Russian: “Кавусион”
  • Spanish: “Kavusi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Kavousi”. Photo: Lemur12, CC BY-SA 3.0.