Gavdos
Gavdos is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province.
Photo: Vassilis stath, Public domain.
- Type: Locality with 81 residents
- Description: island in Greece
- Also known as: “Dimos Gavdos”, “Gàvdos”, “Gavdos island”, “Ghàvdos”, “Kauda”, “Klauda”, “Liviko pelagos”, “Νήσος Γαύδος”, “カヴドス島”, and “加夫多斯岛”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Korfos and Pyrgos Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatsiana.
Gavdos
Latitude
34.8467° or 34° 50′ 48″ north
Longitude
24.0844° or 24° 5′ 4″ east
Population
81
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
Open location code
8G66R3WM+MQ
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Gavdos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gavdhos”
- Albanian: “Gavdos”
- Arabic: “جافدوس”
- Arabic: “غافدوس”
- Armenian: “Գավդոս”
- Asturian: “Gavdos”
- Azerbaijani: “Qavdos adası”
- Bulgarian: “Гавдос”
- Catalan: “Gavdos”
- Cebuano: “Nisí Gávdos”
- Chinese: “加夫佐斯岛”
- Chinese: “加夫佐斯島”
- Czech: “Gavdos”
- Danish: “Gavdos”
- Dutch: “Gavdos”
- Esperanto: “Gavdos”
- Estonian: “Gávdos”
- Finnish: “Gávdos”
- French: “Gávdos”
- Galician: “Gavdos - Γαύδος”
- Galician: “Gavdos”
- German: “Gavdos”
- Greek: “Γαύδος”
- Greek: “Γαύδου”
- Hebrew: “גאבדוס”
- Hindi: “गावडोस”
- Hungarian: “Gávdosz”
- Indonesian: “Gavdos”
- Italian: “Gavdos”
- Italian: “Gozzo”
- Japanese: “ガヴドス島”
- Korean: “가브도스섬”
- Latvian: “Gaudosa”
- Limburgan: “Gavdos”
- Macedonian: “Гавдос”
- Malay: “Gavdos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gavdos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gávdos”
- Norwegian: “Gavdos”
- Persian: “گاودوس”
- Polish: “Gawdos”
- Portuguese: “Gavdos”
- Romanian: “Gavdos”
- Russian: “Гавдос”
- Serbian: “Gavdos”
- Serbian: “Гавдос”
- Slovak: “Gavdos”
- Spanish: “Gaudos”
- Spanish: “Gavdos”
- Swedish: “Gavdos”
- Turkish: “Gavda”
- Ukrainian: “Гавдос”
- Urdu: “گاودوس”
- Vietnamese: “Gavdos”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chamourio and Galana.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Nisí Gávdos and Gavdos Heliport.
Chania: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Chania and Kissamos.
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