Grandes

Grandes is a group of three small islands off the east coast of . Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in . Grandes can be seen from the Minoan site of near Palekastro as can the island of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group off Sitia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Gkrantes”, “Grándes Islands”, “Grantes”, “Nisídes Gkrántes”, “Nisides Grantes”, and “Nisídhes Grándes”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rousolakos and Kouremenos.

Archaeological site
Photo: EinarB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roussolakkos is the site of a Minoan city, located near Palekastro, . The Bronze Age town was occupied from Early Minoan IIA to Late Minoan IIIB, and its remains are relatively well preserved.

Beach
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Grandes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agathia and Palekastro.

Hamlet
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km west of Grandes.

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palaikastro or , with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island .

Hamlet
Photo: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Grandes.

Grandes

Latitude
35.20157° or 35° 12′ 6″ north
Longitude
26.29306° or 26° 17′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G78672V+J6
Geo­Names ID
261885
Wiki­data ID
Q5595382
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Grandes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جرانديس (جزر)”
  • Arabic: “جرانديس”
  • Cebuano: “Nisídes Grántes”
  • Dutch: “Grandes”
  • Finnish: “Gkrántes”
  • Galician: “Grandes, Grecia”
  • Greek: “Nisídes Grántes”
  • Greek: “Γκράντες”
  • Greek: “Γράντες”
  • Greek: “νησίδες Γκράντες”
  • Greek: “Νησίδες Γκράντες”
  • Greek: “Νησίδες Γράντες”
  • Swedish: “Nisídes Grántes”
  • Turkish: “Grandes”

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