Alcantara River

The Alcantara is a river in , . It rises on the south side of Monti Nebrodi and empties into the Ionian Sea at Capo Schiso in Giardini-Naxos.
Wikipedia
Photo: ModriDirkac, CC0.
  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 4 metres (13 feet)
  • Description: river in Sicily, Italy, the ancient Akesines/Asines
  • Also known as
    “Acesines”
    “Akesines”
    “Alcántara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alcantara railway station and Vignazza Tower.

Railway station
Photo: VincentLR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Jeanne boleyn, Public domain.
is a 16th-century coastal watchtower in , , southern .

Cemetery
Photo: Veniamainblu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naxos and Giardini Naxos.

Neighborhood
Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna…

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the of .

Photo: Simone.tinella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the province…

Alcantara River

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
37.80714° or 37° 48′ 26″ north
Longitude
15.25718° or 15° 15′ 26″ east
Open location code
8F9QR744+VV
Geo­Names ID
2525753
Wiki­data ID
Q387849

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Alcantara River” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀκεσίνης”
  • Arabic: “القنطرة”
  • Arabic: “نهر القنطرة”
  • Arabic: “نهر الكانتارا”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Alcantara”
  • Basque: “Alcantara”
  • Catalan: “riu Alcantara”
  • Catalan: “Riu Alcantara”
  • Cebuano: “Fiume Alcantara”
  • Chinese: “阿爾坎塔拉河”
  • Chuvash: “Алькантара”
  • Dutch: “Alcantara”
  • Esperanto: “Alcantara”
  • French: “Alcantara”
  • Galician: “río Alcantara”
  • German: “Alcantara”
  • Irish: “Alcantara”
  • Italian: “Alcantara”
  • Japanese: “アルカンターラ川”
  • Latin: “Acesines”
  • Latin: “Asines”
  • Lithuanian: “Alkantara”
  • Persian: “آلکانتارا”
  • Persian: “رودخانه آلکانتارا”
  • Polish: “Akesines”
  • Polish: “Alcantara”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Alcântara”
  • Russian: “Алькантара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alcantara”
  • Sicilian: “Alcàntara”
  • Spanish: “Alcantara”
  • Spanish: “rio Alcantara”
  • Spanish: “río Alcantara”
  • Spanish: “Río Alcantara”
  • Tajik: “Алкантара”
  • Tajik: “Дарёи олконторо”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Alcantara”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Alcantara River”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Porticato and San Marco.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spiaggia San Marco and Alcantara.

Messina: Highlights

Notable places include Messina and Stromboli.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.