Mochlos
Mochlos is a small, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete, and the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement. There is evidence that Mochlos was not an island in Minoan times, but was attached to the mainland and acted as an eastern harbor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: islet off Ierapetra, Greece
- Also known as: “Agios Nikolaos islet”, “Mochlos islet”, “Nisida Agios Nikolaos”, “Nisís Ágios Nikólaos”, “Nisís Áyios Nikólaos”, and “San Nikolo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mochlos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mochlos and Sfaka.
Sfaka
Village
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sfaka is a mountain village in Crete, situated between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. Sfaka belongs to the Municipality of Sitia. It has a long history, and archaeological monuments including the meta-Byzantine icons of "Stavrosis" and the Church "Panagia" in the "Kato Chorio". Sfaka is situated 4 km southeast of Mochlos.
Tourloti
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tourloti is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Mochlos.
Mochlos
- Categories: islet, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Mochlos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موخلوس”
- Bulgarian: “Мохлос”
- Catalan: “Mokhlos (illot)”
- Catalan: “Mokhlos”
- Cebuano: “Nisída Ágios Nikólaos”
- Finnish: “Ágios Nikólaos”
- Finnish: “Móchlos”
- Greek: “Άγιος Νικόλαος”
- Greek: “Μόχλος Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Μόχλος”
- Greek: “Νησίδα Άγιος Νικόλαος”
- Greek: “Νησίς Άγιος Νικόλαος”
- Macedonian: “Мохлос”
- Portuguese: “Móchlos”
- Russian: “Мохлос”
- Spanish: “Mojlos”
- Swedish: “Nisída Ágios Nikólaos”
- Turkish: “Ayanikola Adacığı”
- Turkish: “Mohlos”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ákra Móchlou and Órmos Pseíra.
Lasithi: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Mochlos”. Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.