Kaiafas Lake
Kaiafas lake is a lake in Elis in southwestern Greece, extending north of the town of Zacharo. It was likely formed after an earthquake struck the river Anigros.Photo: Huskarl2000, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Kaifa Lake” and “Lake Kaïáfa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaiafas Hot Springs Bath and Samicum.
Kaiafas Hot Springs Bath
Bathhouse
Photo: Huskarl2000, Public domain.
Kaiafas or the thermal springs of Kaiafas is a spa in the municipality of Zacharo in southwestern Greece. It is located 347 kilometres SW of Athens, 30 km SE of Pyrgos, 20 km S of Olympia, nearly 32 km N of Kyparissia and some 90 km NW of Kalamata.
Samicum
Archaeological site
Photo: Morikanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Samicum or Samikon was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, situated near the coast about half-way between the mouths of the Alpheius and the Neda, and a little north of the Anigrus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kato Samiko and Zacharo.
Kato Samiko
Village
Kato Samiko is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated 2 km from the Ionian Sea, 3 km southeast of Samiko, 6 km southwest of Krestena, 8 km northwest of Zacharo and 20 km southeast of Pyrgos.
Zacharo
Kakovatos
Hamlet
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kakovatos is a seaside village in Elis, Greece. It is located in the western Peloponnese, approximately in the center of the Gulf of Kyparissia, on the coast of the Ionian Sea.
Kaiafas Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.50872° or 37° 30′ 31″ northLongitude
21.60631° or 21° 36′ 23″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
8G93GJ54+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 26133328OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
261690Wikidata ID
Q4208570
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kaiafas Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Límni Kaïáfa”
- Finnish: “Kaïáfas”
- French: “lac Kaïáfa”
- French: “Lac Kaïáfa”
- German: “Kaïáfa-See”
- German: “Kaiafas Lake”
- German: “Kaiafas-See”
- German: “Limni Kaiafa”
- German: “Límni Kaïáfa”
- Greek: “Límni Kaïáfa”
- Greek: “Καϊάφα”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Καϊάφα”
- Russian: “Кайафа”
- Russian: “Озеро Кайафа”
- Russian: “озеро Каяфа”
- Swedish: “Límni Kaïáfa”
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