Chersonissos
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- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: village in Herakleion, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Chersonesos”, “Chersoniso”, “Hersonesos”, “Hersonissos”, and “Khersonisos”
Photo: Luu, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aquaworld Aquarium and Museum Lychnostatis.
Aquaworld Aquarium
Zoo
Aquaworld Aquarium is a natural history museum in Hersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Founded in 1995, Aquaworld was founded and developed by Scotsman John Bryce McLaren.
Museum Lychnostatis
Museum
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museum Lychnostatis is situated 3½ km east of Chersonissos.
St. George Sarandaris
Church
Photo: Jsamwrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. George Sarandaris is a church, which is situated 3½ km north of Chersonissos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Analipsi and Koutouloufari.
Analipsi
Village
Photo: dudi shiler, CC BY 3.0.
Analipsi is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Chersonissos.
Chersonissos
Latitude
35.3082° or 35° 18′ 29″ northLongitude
25.372° or 25° 22′ 19″ eastPopulation
1,120Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)Open location code
8G77895C+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 266915033OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
260001Wikidata ID
Q1018106
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Satellite Map
Discover Chersonissos from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Chersonissos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أناليبسيس، إراكليون”
- Arabic: “خيرسونيسوس (إراكليون)”
- Arabic: “خيرسونيسوس، إراكليون”
- Arabic: “خيرسونيسوس”
- Arabic: “كيرسونيسوس، إراكليون”
- Aragonese: “Jersónisos”
- Belarusian: “Лімінас Херсанісу”
- Belarusian: “Херсанісас”
- Catalan: “Khersónissos”
- Cebuano: “Khersónisos”
- Chinese: “赫尔索尼索斯”
- Chinese: “赫索尼索斯”
- Dutch: “Chersonisos”
- Dutch: “Chersonissos”
- Dutch: “Chersónissos”
- Dutch: “Hersonisos”
- Dutch: “Hersonissos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيرسونيسوس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيرسونيسوس”
- Finnish: “Chersónisos”
- French: “Chersonisos”
- French: “Chersonissos”
- French: “Chersónissos”
- French: “Chersonnissos”
- French: “Hersónissos”
- German: “Chersonisos”
- German: “Chersonissos”
- German: “Hersonissos”
- Greek: “Παλιά Χερσόνησος Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Ηρακλείου”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησσος”
- Hebrew: “חרסוניסוס”
- Italian: “Chersoneso di Creta”
- Italian: “Chersonissos”
- Italian: “Chirone”
- Japanese: “ヘルソニソス”
- Latin: “Chersonesi”
- Lithuanian: “Chersonas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hersonissos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khersónisos”
- Polish: “Chersonisos”
- Polish: “Hersonissos”
- Portuguese: “Chersonissos”
- Russian: “Лимин-Херсонису”
- Russian: “Херсонес”
- Russian: “Херсонисос”
- Russian: “Херсониссос”
- Serbian: “Херсонисос”
- Spanish: “Quersoneso”
- Swedish: “Chersonesos”
- Swedish: “Chersonisos”
- Swedish: “Hersonissos”
- Turkish: “Hersonissos”
- Ukrainian: “Херсоніссос”
- Vietnamese: “Chersonissos”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Chersonissos”. Photo: Luu, CC0.