Kythnos
Kythnos is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. The island is of volcanic origin, very dry, and thinly populated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: Greek cyclades island
- Also known as: “Kíthnos” and “Thermia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Kythnos and Vryokastro.
Vryokastro
Archaeological site
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Vryokastro is an archaeological site in Kythnos, Greece. It is considered as the ancient capital of the island. It was inhabited from the 12th century BC until the Early Middle Ages.
Katafyki cave
Cave
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Katafyki is a cave located in Dryopida on the island of Kythnos in the Cyclades. It has been named "Katafiki" as it has served as a shelter in various time periods. It also bears the name "Giorgos Martinos Cave" in honor of the geologist who studied it.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kythnos and Loutra.
Kythnos
Village
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Chora is the capital of Kythnos and the seat of the Municipality of Kythnos. According to the 2021 Greek census it has 621 inhabitants.
Loutra
Village
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Loutra is a traditional seaside settlement and a port in Kythnos, Greece. It is located on the NE part of the island, 5km away from Chora, and 11km from the port of Merihas.
Mérichas
Village
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Merichas is a seaside settlement and a port in Kythnos, Greece. It is the main port of the island. According to the 2011 Greek census Merichas population was 369 people.
Kythnos
- Categories: island and polis
- Location: Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kythnos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kithnos”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κύθνος”
- Arabic: “كيثنوس”
- Belarusian: “Кітнас”
- Bulgarian: “Китнос”
- Catalan: “Citnos”
- Catalan: “Kithnos”
- Catalan: “Kythnos”
- Cebuano: “Nísos Kýthnos”
- Chinese: “基夫羅斯島”
- Chinese: “基斯诺斯岛”
- Chinese: “基斯諾斯島”
- Czech: “Kythnos”
- Danish: “Kythnos”
- Dutch: “Kithnos”
- Dutch: “Kythnos”
- Estonian: “Kythnos”
- Estonian: “Kýthnos”
- Finnish: “Kýthnos (kunta)”
- Finnish: “Kýthnos”
- French: “Cythnos”
- French: “Kythnos”
- French: “Kýthnos”
- Galician: “Kynthos”
- Galician: “Kythnos”
- Galician: “Quitnos - Κύθνος”
- Galician: “Quitnos”
- German: “Kithnos”
- German: “Kythnos”
- Greek: “Kýthnos”
- Greek: “Κύθνο”
- Greek: “Κύθνος”
- Hebrew: “קיתנוס”
- Indonesian: “Kythnos”
- Italian: “Citno”
- Italian: “Kithnos”
- Italian: “Kythnos”
- Italian: “Termia”
- Japanese: “キトノス”
- Japanese: “キトノス島”
- Korean: “키트노스섬”
- Latin: “Cynthos”
- Latin: “Cythnos”
- Latvian: “Kitna”
- Macedonian: “Китнос”
- Moksha: “Китнос”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kitnos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kythnos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kýthnos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kithnos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kythnos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kýthnos”
- Norwegian: “Kythnos”
- Polish: “Kitnos”
- Polish: “Kythnos”
- Portuguese: “Citnos”
- Portuguese: “Cítnos”
- Russian: “Китнос”
- Russian: “Кифн”
- Russian: “Кифнос”
- Serbian: “Kitnos”
- Serbian: “Китнос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kitnos”
- Slovenian: “Kitnos”
- Slovenian: “Kythnos”
- Spanish: “Cea-Citnos”
- Spanish: “Citnos”
- Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Cea-Citnos”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Cea-Citnos”
- Swedish: “Kithnos”
- Swedish: “Kythnos”
- Turkish: “Termiye”
- Ukrainian: “Кітнос”
- Vietnamese: “Kythnos”
- Western Armenian: “Քիթնոս”
- Yue Chinese: “基夫羅斯島”
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