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Kamares

Kamares is a village in south-central , . It is the location of the archaeological site of Kamares Cave, a Minoan sacred cave. The sacred cave at Kamares is slightly offset from a saddle in the Psiloriti Range virtually aligned with the location of nearby .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 331 residents
  • Description: village in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Kamárai”, “Kamare”, and “Kamares, Crete”
  • Postal code: 700 02

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kamares Cave.

Cave
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km north of Kamares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vorizia and Apodoulou.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Kamares.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Kamares.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Kamares.

Kamares

Latitude
35.15301° or 35° 9′ 11″ north
Longitude
24.81906° or 24° 49′ 9″ east
Population
331
Elevation
584 metres (1,916 feet)
Open location code
8G765R39+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2214961633
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
261286
Wiki­data ID
Q943675
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Kamares” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kamares”
  • Dutch: “Kamares”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاماريس كريتى”
  • Finnish: “Kamáres”
  • French: “Kamáre”
  • French: “Kamáres”
  • German: “Kamare”
  • German: “Kamares”
  • Greek: “Καμάραι”
  • Greek: “Καμάρες Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Καμάρες”
  • Italian: “Kamares”
  • Japanese: “カマレス (クレタ島)”
  • Portuguese: “Camares”
  • Portuguese: “Kamares”
  • Russian: “Камаре”
  • Spanish: “Kamares”

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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 “Kamares”. Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.