Lasithi Plateau

The Lasithi Plateau is a high endorheic plateau, located in the regional unit in eastern , . Since the 1997 Kapodistrias reform, it is a municipality whose seat is Tzermiado and the second biggest village is .
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  • Type: Agricultural land
  • Description: plateau in Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Hoogvlakte van Lassithi”, “Lasithi plain”, “Lassithi hoogvlakte”, “Lassithi-Hochebene”, “Lassithi-hoogvlakte”, “Oropedío Lasithíou”, “planota Lasithi”, “plateau de Lasíthi”, “Plateau van Lashiti”, “Plateau van Lassithi”, “ラシッティ高原”, “ラシティ高原”, and “拉西锡高原”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dhiktean Cave and Trapeza cave.

Cave
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Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the Lasithi plateau in the district of eastern . Around the beginning of 20th century, several scholars identified Psychro with Dikte, a name used by some ancient authors to refer to the location of Zeus's upbringing.

Cave
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Trapeza, Crete is a Neolithic and Bronze Age sacred cave on the island of in . Some of the Bronze Age pottery finds at Trapeza are similar to specimens recovered at and .

Monastery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tzermiado and Agios Georgios.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village in the Lasithi Plateau in the island of , and also a municipal unit. lies at an altitude of 840 metres.

Village
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is a village.

Lasithi Plateau

Latitude
35.1808° or 35° 10′ 51″ north
Longitude
25.4671° or 25° 28′ 1″ east
Population
2,390
Open location code
8G775FJ8+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25670489
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­farmland
Wiki­data ID
Q1806607
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Lasithi Plateau” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Ласити (плато)”
  • Bulgarian: “Ласити”
  • Catalan: “Oropédio Lassithiú”
  • Catalan: “Oropedio”
  • Cebuano: “Oropédio Lasithíou”
  • Chinese: “拉西錫高原”
  • Czech: “Lasithi”
  • Dutch: “Lassithihoogvlakte”
  • Finnish: “Lasíthin ylätasanko”
  • Finnish: “Oropédio Lasithíou”
  • French: “plateau de Lassíthi”
  • French: “Plateau du Lassíthi”
  • German: “Lasithi-Hochebene”
  • Greek: “Οροπεδίο Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Οροπέδιο Λασιθίου”
  • Hindi: “यूनान का पठार”
  • Ido: “Municipo Oropedio Lasitiu”
  • Italian: “Oropedio Lasithiou”
  • Japanese: “オロペディオ・ラシティオ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oropédio Lasithíou”
  • Polish: “Oropedio Lasiti”
  • Polish: “Oropedio Lasitiu”
  • Polish: “Płaskowyż Lassithi”
  • Portuguese: “Planalto de Lasíti”
  • Russian: “Ласити”
  • Russian: “Плато Ласити”
  • Slovenian: “planota Lasiti”
  • Spanish: “Meseta de Lasithi”
  • Swedish: “Oropédio Lasithíou”
  • Turkish: “Laşit Platosu”

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