Elafonisos

Elafonisos is an island in the region and . The island is a tiny spot between the famous island chain of Kythira (Kythira and Antikythira complex and south of Neapolis in Lakonia region of Peloponnese.
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  • Type: Village with 625 residents
  • Description: island in Peloponnese, Greece
  • Postal code: 23053

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pavloρetri and Simos beach.

Archaeological site
The submerged city of Pavlopetri is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in , . It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world.

Beach
is situated 4 km south of Elafonisos.

Elafonisos

Latitude
36.509° or 36° 30′ 33″ north
Longitude
22.9783° or 22° 58′ 42″ east
Population
625
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR ELN
Open location code
8G84GX5H+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 286077636
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
262817
Wiki­data ID
Q96408
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Elafonisos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: يلفيسنوس
  • Armenian: Էլաֆոնիսոս
  • Cebuano: Dimos Elafonisos
  • Cebuano: Elafónisos
  • Chinese: 埃拉福尼索斯島
  • Czech: Elafonisos
  • Dutch: Elafonisos
  • Esperanto: Elafonisos
  • Estonian: Elafónisos
  • Finnish: Elafónisos
  • French: Elafonisos
  • French: Elafónisos
  • French: Élafonissos
  • French: Élaphonèse
  • Galician: Elafónisos - Ελαφόνησος
  • Galician: Elafónisos
  • German: Elafonisos
  • Greek: Ελαφόνησος Λακωνίας
  • Greek: Ελαφόνησος
  • Italian: Cervi
  • Japanese: エラフォニソス
  • Japanese: エラフォニソス島
  • Korean: 엘라포니소스
  • Latin: Elaphonesos
  • Latin: Onugnathos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Elafonisos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Elafónisos
  • Norwegian: Elafonisos
  • Polish: Elafonisos
  • Russian: Элафониси
  • Russian: Элафонисос
  • Russian: Элафониссос
  • Spanish: Elafonisos
  • Spanish: Elafónisos
  • Swedish: Elafonisos
  • Swedish: Elafónisos
  • Turkish: Paşa Adası
  • Ukrainian: Елафонісос
  • Vietnamese: Elafonisos
  • Vietnamese: Elafonissos

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