Nisis Agios Christoforou

Nisis Agios Christoforou is an island in . Nisis Agios Christoforou is situated nearby to the religious locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Agia Triada and Hermitage of Saint Basil.

Church
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafsokalyvia is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on . It is located at the southern edge of the Athos peninsula. Kafsokalyvia is named after Maximos Kausokalybites, a 14th-century Christian hermit.

Church
The Hermitage of Agios Vasileios, also sometimes referred to as the Skete of St. Basil, is an Orthodox skete on . The peak of Karmilio Oros lies directly to the northeast of the Skete of St.

Church
Photo: Gvasiliadis53, CC0.
The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic skete, a monastic community attached to the more formalised in , . It lies on the shore of the about 800 metres from the New Skete. is situated 3½ km northwest of Nisis Agios Christoforou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerasia and Agios Nilos.

Hamlet
Photo: Florificapis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement in . It is located at an elevation of 581 metres on the southwestern slopes of the main peak of Mount Athos. Located just to the east of Little St. Anne's Skete and Katounakia, it is inhabited by a few dozen monks.

Hamlet
is the name of an area of that belongs to the Monastery of . It is located on the southeastern side of Mount Athos. It is named after Saint Nilos the Myrrh-streamer, who was a hermit in the cell of the Virgin Mary that now bears his name. is situated 2½ km northeast of Nisis Agios Christoforou.

Locality
Vigla is a settlement in . It is located at the southeastern edge of the Athos peninsula. The settlement of Vigla on the southeastern tip of the Athonite peninsula is not to be confused with Megali Vigla, a 510 metre-high peak within the Mount Athos monastic territory that is less than 1.5 km from the border with Greece. is situated 6 km northeast of Nisis Agios Christoforou.

Nisis Agios Christoforou

Latitude
40.1193° or 40° 7′ 10″ north
Longitude
24.3304° or 24° 19′ 49″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8GG6489J+P5
Geo­Names ID
11428226
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