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.
- Type: Island
- Description: islet off Ierapetra, Greece
- Also known as: “Ágios Nikólaos”, “Agios Nikolaos islet”, “Mochlos islet”, “Nisida Agios Nikolaos”, “Nisís Ágios Nikólaos”, “Nisís Áyios Nikólaos”, “San Nikolo”, and “Άγιος Νικόλαος”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mochlos and Sfaka.
Sfaka
Village
Mochlos
- Categories: islet, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.18693° or 35° 11′ 13″ north
Longitude
25.90667° or 25° 54′ 24″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8G775WP4+QM
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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: “Móchlos”
- 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”
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Places to explore: Agio Pnevma and Agios Andreas.
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Highlights: Ákra Móchlou and Órmos Pseíra.
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