Actium
Actium, also known as Aktion or Aktio, is a peninsula on the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf in Acarnania, Greece, and the site of an ancient town of the same name.
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: cape with ancient Apollo sanctuary in western Greece
- Also known as: “Àccio”, “Âccio”, “Accium”, “Ácio”, “Actium Prom.”, “Actium Promontory”, “Akcijum”, “Akra Akri”, “Akri”, “Akri Point”, “Akri Pt.”, “Aktia”, “Aktio”, “Aktios”, “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”, “Poúnta”, “Punta”, “Актий”, “Актион”, “Актій”, “Акций”, “Акцій”, “Ла-Пунта”, “Пунта”, and “阿克提烏姆”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Preveza Airport and Castle of Saint George.
Castle of Saint George
Castle
Photo: Frédéric Boissonnas, Public domain.Pantocrator Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preveza and Aktio.
Agios Thomas
Village
Agios Thomas is a coastal settlement at the southernmost tip of the prefecture of Preveza in Greece. Agios Thomas is situated 4 km northeast of Actium.
Actium
- Categories: cape, headland, and landform
- Location: West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.94019° or 38° 56′ 25″ north
Longitude
20.76875° or 20° 46′ 8″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8GC2WQR9+3G
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Actium” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكتيوم”
- Azerbaijani: “Aksi”
- Belarusian: “Акра”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Акра”
- Bulgarian: “Акциум”
- Catalan: “Àccium”
- Cebuano: “Áktion”
- Chinese: “亚克兴角”
- Chinese: “亞克興角”
- Croatian: “Akcij”
- Czech: “Aktion”
- Danish: “Actium”
- Dutch: “Actium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكتيوم”
- Finnish: “Áktio”
- French: “Actium”
- French: “promontoire d’Actium”
- Galician: “Accio”
- German: “Actium”
- Greek: “Άκρι”
- Greek: “Άκτιο”
- Greek: “Άκτιον”
- Hungarian: “Actium”
- Indonesian: “Aktion”
- Irish: “Aictiam”
- Italian: “Azio”
- Japanese: “アクティウム”
- Latin: “Actium”
- Neapolitan: “Azio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Actium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Actium”
- Norwegian: “Actium”
- Polish: “Akcjum”
- Portuguese: “Áccio”
- Romanian: “Actium”
- Russian: “Акциум”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akcij”
- Slovak: “Actium”
- Spanish: “Accio”
- Swedish: “Aktion, Grekland”
- Tamil: “ஆக்டியம்”
- Turkish: “Aktium”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Акцій”
- Vietnamese: “Actium”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pantokratoras and Psathaki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Áktion and Stenó Prevézis.
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Worth a closer look: Athens and Thessaloniki.
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