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Vatera

Vatera is an 8-kilometer long sandy beach in the southern part of Lesbos island. The name comes from βάτα, in reference to prickly bushes that blocked the old mule-drive access.
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  • Type: Village with 219 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Postal code: 81300

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Dionysos Brisagenis.

Archaeological site
Photo: Tedmek, Public domain.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southwest of Vatera.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vrisa and Polichnitos.

Village
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is a village in the southern part of Lesbos island approximately 50 km from . The village is named after one of the two girls Agamemnon took from Lesbos during the ten-year Trojan War.

Town
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is a town and a former municipality on the island of , , . Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 7 km north of Vatera.

Vatera

Latitude
39.02037° or 39° 1′ 13″ north
Longitude
26.19751° or 26° 11′ 51″ east
Population
219
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8GF825CX+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 495026330
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
9034649
Wiki­data ID
Q7917104
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Vatera” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Vaterá”
  • Dutch: “Vatera”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤاتيرا”
  • Finnish: “Vaterá”
  • French: “Vaterá”
  • Greek: “Βατερά Λέσβου”
  • Greek: “Βατερά”
  • Russian: “Ватера”
  • Spanish: “Vatera”
  • Swedish: “Vaterá”
  • Turkish: “Vatera”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vatera”. Photo: CoStef, Public domain.