Lemnos

Lemnos is an island in the Northern Aegean Islands of . With an area of ​​approximately 480 km², Lemnos is the ninth largest island in Greece. While the other two North Aegean islands of and , are mountainous and forested, Lemnos is hilly and barren.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Greece
  • Also known as: Dipolis”, “Ilmeli”, “Lemnos Island”, “Limnos”, “Nísos Límnos”, and “Stalimeni

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lemnos International Airport.

Aerodrome
"Hephaestus" is an airport on Lemnos Island, . The airport is located 18 km away from the city of and began operation in 1959.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atsiki and Lychna.

Village
is a village and a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lemnos, of which it is a municipal unit.

Village
is a village and a community in the island of Lemnos, . The community includes the village Anemoessa. It is part of the municipal unit of .

Lemnos

Latitude
39.9424° or 39° 56′ 33″ north
Longitude
25.2433° or 25° 14′ 36″ east
Population
16,700
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
IATA airport code
LXS
Open location code
8GF7W6RV+W8
Geo­Names ID
258293
Wiki­data ID
Q192483
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Lemnos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Lemnos
  • Albanian: Limnos
  • Amharic: ሌምኖስ
  • Arabic: لمنى
  • Arabic: ليمنوس
  • Armenian: Լեմնոս
  • Basque: Lemnos
  • Basque: Limnos
  • Belarusian: Лемнас
  • Breton: Lemnos
  • Bulgarian: Лемнос
  • Bulgarian: Лимнос
  • Catalan: Lemnos
  • Catalan: Limni
  • Catalan: Limnos
  • Cebuano: Dimos Lemnos
  • Cebuano: Lemnos Island
  • Central Kurdish: لێمنۆس
  • Chinese: 利姆诺斯岛
  • Chinese: 利姆諾斯島
  • Czech: Lemnos
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  • Czech: Limnos
  • Danish: Lemnos
  • Danish: Limnos
  • Dutch: Lemnos
  • Dutch: Lémnos
  • Dutch: Limnos
  • Egyptian Arabic: ليمنوس
  • Esperanto: Lemnos
  • Esperanto: Lemnoso
  • Esperanto: Limnos
  • Estonian: Lemnos
  • Estonian: Límnos
  • Finnish: Lemnos
  • Finnish: Limnos
  • Finnish: Límnos
  • French: Lemnos
  • French: Límnos
  • Galician: Lemnos
  • Georgian: ლემნოსი
  • German: Lemnos
  • German: Limnos
  • German: Límnos
  • Greek: Nisí Límnos
  • Greek: Λήμνος
  • Greek: Νησί Λήμνος
  • Greek: Νήσος Λήμνος
  • Hebrew: לימנוס
  • Hebrew: למנוס
  • Hungarian: Limnosz
  • Icelandic: Lemney
  • Icelandic: Lemnos
  • Indonesian: Lemnos
  • Italian: Isola di Lemno
  • Italian: Lemno
  • Italian: Lemnos
  • Italian: Limno
  • Italian: Limnos
  • Italian: Stalimene
  • Japanese: リムノス
  • Japanese: リムノス島
  • Japanese: レームノス島
  • Japanese: レムノス
  • Japanese: レムノス島
  • Korean: 렘노스 섬
  • Korean: 렘노스
  • Korean: 림노스
  • Korean: 림노스섬
  • Kurdish: Lemnos
  • Latin: Lemnos
  • Latin: Lemnus
  • Lithuanian: Lemnas
  • Macedonian: Лемнос
  • Macedonian: Лимнос
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lemnos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Limnos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Lemnos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Limnos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Límnos
  • Norwegian: Limnos
  • Ossetian: Лемнос
  • Persian: لیمنوس
  • Polish: Lemnos
  • Polish: Limnos
  • Portuguese: Lemnos
  • Portuguese: Limnos
  • Romanian: Lemnos
  • Russian: Лемнос
  • Russian: Сталимене
  • Scots: Lemnos
  • Serbian: Limnos
  • Serbian: Лемно
  • Serbian: Лемнос
  • Serbian: Лимнос
  • Serbian: Острво Лимнос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Lemnos
  • Serbo-Croatian: Limnos
  • Slovenian: Lemnos
  • Spanish: Lemnos
  • Spanish: Limnos
  • Spanish: Unidad periferica de Lemnos
  • Spanish: Unidad periférica de Lemnos
  • Swedish: Lemnos
  • Swedish: Limnos
  • Swiss German: Lemnos
  • Tamil: லிம்னோஸ்
  • Tamil: லெம்னோஸ்
  • Thai: เลมนอส
  • Tosk Albanian: Lemnos
  • Turkish: Lemnos
  • Turkish: Limni Adası
  • Turkish: Limni
  • Turkish: Limnos
  • Ukrainian: Лемнос
  • Ukrainian: Лімнос
  • Venetian: Lemno
  • Vietnamese: Lemnos
  • Waray (Philippines): Lemnos
  • Welsh: Lemnos
  • Western Armenian: Լեմնոս
  • Western Armenian: Լիմնոս

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