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Thracian Sea

The Thracian Sea is the northernmost part of the . It is bounded by and as well as northwestern . It connects to the through the , the Marmara Sea, and the .
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  • Type: Sea
  • Description: northeastern part of the Aegean Sea
  • Also known as: “Sea of Thraki”, “Thrakikon Denizi”, and “Thrakikón Pelagós”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Lavra and Provata.

Locality
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
The Monastery of is the first monastery built on , on the Athos peninsula in geographical , northeastern . It is located on the southeastern foot of the Mount at an elevation of 160 metres.

Locality
is an area of that belongs to the Monastery of . It is close to the Monastery of Karakallou. This is where many people place the Skete of Glossia, which flourished in the 14th century.

Locality
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The Karakallou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of in . It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.

Thracian Sea

Latitude
40.25° or 40° 15′ north
Longitude
24.4167° or 24° 25′ 0″ east
Open location code
8GG67C28+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4788255110
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­sea
Geo­Names ID
734063
Wiki­data ID
Q379063
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Thracian Sea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحر تراقيا”
  • Armenian: “Թրակիական ծով”
  • Asturian: “Mar de Tracia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Trakiya dənizi”
  • Basque: “Traziako itsasoa”
  • Belarusian: “Тракійскае мора”
  • Belarusian: “Фракійскае мора”
  • Bosnian: “Tračko more”
  • Bulgarian: “Тракийско море”
  • Catalan: “mar de Tràcia”
  • Catalan: “Mar de Tràcia”
  • Cebuano: “Thrakikon Denizi”
  • Chinese: “色雷斯海”
  • Czech: “Thrácké moře”
  • Danish: “Thrakiske Hav”
  • Dutch: “Thracische Zee”
  • Estonian: “Traakia meri”
  • Finnish: “Traakianmeri”
  • French: “mer de Thrace”
  • French: “Mer de Thrace”
  • Galician: “Mar de Tracia”
  • German: “Thrakisches Meer”
  • Greek: “Θρακικό Πέλαγος”
  • Hebrew: “הים התראקי”
  • Hungarian: “Trák-tenger”
  • Icelandic: “Þrakíuhaf”
  • Iloko: “Baybay Tracia”
  • Irish: “Muir na Tráicia”
  • Italian: “Mar di Tracia”
  • Italian: “Mare di Tracia”
  • Japanese: “トラキア海”
  • Kurdish: “Deryaya Trakyayê”
  • Latin: “Mare Thracicum”
  • Latin: “Thracicum mare”
  • Latvian: “Trāķijas jūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Trakijos jūra”
  • Macedonian: “Тракиско Море”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det trakiske hav”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det thrakiske havet”
  • Norwegian: “Det trakiske hav”
  • Persian: “دریای تراکیه”
  • Polish: “Morze Trackie”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Trácio”
  • Romanian: “Marea Traciei”
  • Russian: “Фракийское море”
  • Serbian: “Trakijsko more”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trakijsko more”
  • Slovak: “Trácke more”
  • Slovenian: “Trakijsko morje”
  • Spanish: “Mar de Tracia”
  • Swahili: “Bahari ya Thrakia”
  • Swedish: “Thrakikon Denizi”
  • Swedish: “Thrakiska havet”
  • Turkish: “Thrakikon Denizi”
  • Turkish: “Trakya Denizi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фракійське море”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ تراکیہ”
  • Venetian: “Mar de Tràcia”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Thrace”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dagat Tracia”
  • Western Frisian: “Trasyske See”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Αρσανάς Καρακάλλου and Αρσανάς Μεγίστης Λαύρας.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Athanasius Bridge and Άγιος Γιώργης.

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