Actium

Actium, also known as Aktion or Aktio, is a peninsula on the mouth of the in Acarnania, , and the site of an ancient town of the same name.
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  • Peninsula
  • Description: cape with ancient Apollo sanctuary in western Greece
  • Also known as
    “Actium Prom.”
    “Actium Promontory”
    “Akra Akri”
    “Akri”
    “Akri Point”
    “Akri Pt.”
    “Aktio”
    “Aktion”
    “C. Action”
    “C. Actium”
    “C. Akri”
    “C. Aktion”
    “C. Figalo”
    “Cape Action”
    “Cape Actium”
    “Cape Akri”
    “Cape Aktion”
    “Cape Figalo”
    “Figalo”
    “La Punta”
    “Point Actium”
    “Punta”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Preveza Airport and Castle of Saint George.
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Aerodrome
Aktion National Airport is an on the Aktion…
Frédéric Boissonnas, Public domain.
Castle
St. George's Castle is an Ottoman fortification located in the city of , northwestern .
Wikimedia, Public domain.
2½ km west of Actium

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Preveza and Aktio.
Harrygouvas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in with a charming location…
Spiros Baracos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamlet
is a hamlet.
3½ km southeast of Actium
Village
is a coastal settlement at the southernmost tip of the prefecture of in .
4 km northeast of Actium

Actium

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Latitude
38.94019° or 38° 56′ 25″ north
Longitude
20.76875° or 20° 46′ 8″ east
Open location code
8GC2WQR9+3G
Geo­Names ID
265389
Wiki­data ID
Q216551

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Actium” goes by many names.
أكتيومArabic
AksiAzerbaijani
АкраBelarusian
Мыс АкраBelarusian
АкциумBulgarian
ÀccioCatalan
ÀcciumCatalan
ActiumCatalan
AktiosCatalan
ÁktionCebuano
亚克兴角Chinese
亞克興角Chinese
阿克提烏姆Chinese
AkcijCroatian
AktionCzech
ActiumDanish
ActiumDutch
AktionDutch
اكتيومEgyptian Arabic
ActiumFinnish
ÁktioFinnish
ActiumFrench
ÁktioFrench
PoúntaFrench
promontoire d’ActiumFrench
PuntaFrench
AccioGalician
ActiumGalician
ActiumGerman
AktiaGerman
AktioGerman
ΆκριGreek
ΆκτιοGreek
ΆκτιονGreek
ActiumHungarian
AktionIndonesian
ActiumIrish
AictiamIrish
AzioItalian
アクティウムJapanese
ActiumLatin
AzioNeapolitan
ActiumNorwegian
ActiumNorwegian Bokmål
AkriNorwegian Bokmål
ActiumNorwegian Nynorsk
AktionNorwegian Nynorsk
ActiumPolish
AkcjumPolish
AktionPolish
ÁccioPortuguese
ÁcioPortuguese
ActiumPortuguese
ActiumRomanian
АктийRussian
АктионRussian
АкцийRussian
АкциумRussian
Ла-ПунтаRussian
ПунтаRussian
AkcijSerbo-Croatian
AkcijumSerbo-Croatian
ActiumSlovak
AccioSpanish
ActiumSwedish
AktionSwedish
Aktion, GreklandSwedish
ஆக்டியம்Tamil
AktiumTurkish
АктійUkrainian
АкційUkrainian
Мис АкційUkrainian
ПунтаUkrainian
آکتیومUrdu
ActiumVietnamese

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