Artemisium

Artemisium or Artemision is a cape in northern , Greece. The hollow cast bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon, known as the Artemision Bronze, was found off this cape in a sunken ship, as was the Jockey of Artemision, a bronze statue of a racehorse and its jockey.
  • Cape
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • Description: cape in Istiaia-Aidipsos municipality, Euboea, Greece
  • Also known as
    “Akra Artemisio”
    “Cape Artemisio”
    “Cape Artemision”
    “Cape Artemisium”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Nikolaos and Gouves.
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Latitude
39.03833° or 39° 2′ 18″ north
Longitude
23.31776° or 23° 19′ 4″ east
Open location code
8GF528Q9+84
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tamil—“Artemisium” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آرتميسيوم”
  • Basque: “Artemision”
  • Catalan: “Artemísion”
  • Cebuano: “Ákra Artemísion”
  • Chinese: “阿提密西安”
  • Croatian: “Artemizij”
  • Czech: “Artemísion”
  • Dutch: “Artemisium”
  • Finnish: “Artemísio (niemi)”
  • Finnish: “Artemísio”
  • French: “Cap Artémision”
  • German: “Kap Artemision”
  • Greek: “Ákra Artemísio”
  • Greek: “Ákra Artemísion”
  • Greek: “Άκρα Αρτεμίσιο”
  • Greek: “Άκρα Αρτεμίσιον”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Αρτεμίσιο”
  • Greek: “Αρτεμίσιο”
  • Indonesian: “Artemision”
  • Italian: “capo Artemisio”
  • Korean: “아르테미시온”
  • Latin: “Artemisium”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Artemision”
  • Norwegian: “Artemision”
  • Persian: “آرتمیزیوم”
  • Portuguese: “Artemísio”
  • Russian: “Артемисий”
  • Russian: “Артемисион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Artemizij”
  • Slovak: “Artemision (mys)”
  • Slovak: “Artemision”
  • Slovenian: “rt Artemizij”
  • Spanish: “Artemisio”
  • Swedish: “Ákra Artemísion”
  • Swedish: “Artemision”
  • Tamil: “ஆர்ட்டிமீசியம்”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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Greece: Highlights

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