Peloponnese
Peloponnese is a peninsula in southern Greece. Once a peninsula connected to the rest of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth, it is now cut off from the mainland by the narrow Corinth Canal, spanned by bridges connecting Peloponnese to Attica across the canal.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mantineia.
Mantineia
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nestani and Sangas.
Nestani
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nestani is a village and a community in the municipal unit Mantineia, Arcadia, Greece. Nestani is situated 4½ km east of Peloponnese.
Sangas
Village
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Sangas is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Peloponnese.
Kapsas
Village
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Kapsas is a community in the municipal unit of Mantineia in Arcadia on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. It is situated in a valley east of the Mainalo mountains, at 700 m elevation. Kapsas is situated 7 km west of Peloponnese.
Peloponnese
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Peloponnesos” and “Peloponnesus”
- Category: landform
- Location: Tripoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.62334° or 37° 37′ 24″ northLongitude
22.41777° or 22° 25′ 4″ eastElevation
829 metres (2,720 feet)Open location code
8G94JCF9+84GeoNames ID
9062330
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In Other Languages
“Peloponnese” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Пелопоннес”
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