Yrtakína
Yrtakína is a mountain in Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete and has an elevation of 882 metres. Yrtakína is situated nearby to the hamlet Platanes, as well as near Pappadiana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancient Hyrtakina and Sotiros Christos.
Ancient Hyrtakina
Archaeological site
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyrtacina or Hyrtakina, also written as Hyrsacina or Hyrsakina, or Artacina or Artakina, was a city of ancient Crete, which, little as we learn of its position from Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium, yet we may safely infer from the former's words that it was situated to the southeast of Polyrrhenia, and to the west of Lappa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temenia and Prodromi.
Temenia
Hamlet
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Temenia is a community and a small village in Chania regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of East Selino. The community consists of the following villages : Near Temenia is located the ancient city of Yrtakina.
Prodromi
Hamlet
Prodromi is a village in the municipal unit of Pelekanos, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. The name of the village in the 18th century was "Peroudo Vrisi".
Rodovani
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rodovani is a community and a small village in Chania regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of East Selino. The community consists of the following villages : Near Rodovani is located the ancient city of Elyros. Rodovani is situated 3 km east of Yrtakína.
Yrtakína
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 882 metres
- Also known as: “Yrtakina”
- Category: landform
- Location: Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.27865° or 35° 16′ 43″ northLongitude
23.75033° or 23° 45′ 1″ eastElevation
882 metres (2,894 feet)Open location code
8G757QH2+F4GeoNames ID
261738
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In Other Languages
“Yrtakína” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Irtakína”
- Greek: “Yrtakína”
- Greek: “Υρτακίνα”
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