Asterousia Mountains
The Asterousia Mountains are a range in southern Crete separating the Messara Plain from the Libyan Sea. Evidence of ancient Cretan cultures have been found in excavations performed within sites contained in this range; moreover, one of the most significant…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 685 metres
- Description: mountains in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Asterousia Ori”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moni Koudouma.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tris Ekklisies and Paranimfi.
Tris Ekklisies
Village
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Tris Ekklisies is a village located in the municipality of Archanes-Asterousia, Crete in Greece. It is situated in South Crete at the Libyan Sea, around 64 km south of Herakleion and at an altitude of around 10 meters. Tris Ekklisies is situated 4 km east of Asterousia Mountains.
Paranimfi
Village
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Paranimfi is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Asterousia Mountains.
Kapetaniana
Hamlet
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Kapetaniana is a small village in the municipality of Gortyn on the island of Crete in Greece. The village has between 50 and 100 inhabitants and is built on the slopes of Asterousia Mountains at an altitude of 750m, with views of the Libyan Sea and the Messara Plain. Kapetaniana is situated 5 km west of Asterousia Mountains.
Asterousia Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Venetian—“Asterousia Mountains” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Malet Asterousia”
- Armenian: “Աստերուսիա”
- Azerbaijani: “Asterusiya”
- Belarusian: “Астэрусія”
- Belarusian: “Кофінас”
- Cebuano: “Asteroúsia Óri”
- Chinese: “阿斯泰鲁夏山”
- Croatian: “Planine Asterousia”
- Danish: “Asterousia-bjergene”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال استروسيا”
- Finnish: “Asteroúsia”
- French: “Monts d’Asterousia”
- French: “monts d’Asteroússia”
- German: “Asterousia-Gebirge”
- Greek: “Asteroúsia Óri”
- Greek: “Αγιοφάραγγο”
- Greek: “Αστερούσια Όρη”
- Greek: “Αστερούσια”
- Greek: “Κόφινας”
- Japanese: “アステルシア山脈”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina de Asterousia”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Asterousia”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Asterúsia”
- Russian: “Астерусия”
- Slovenian: “Asterusija”
- Slovenian: “Αστερούσια Όρη”
- Swedish: “Asteroúsia Óri”
- Turkish: “Asterosya Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Астерусійські гори”
- Venetian: “Asterousia Mountains”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Moni Koudouma and Platanias.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kofinas and Ákra Áspro Mourí.
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