Methana

Methana is located in , with highly interesting of archaeological monuments, Byzantine churches, lovely villages and imposing a "dormant" volcano.
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  • Type: Village with 1,150 residents
  • Description: harbor town on the Methana Peninsula, Greece
  • Postal code: 18030

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peristeri cave.

Cave

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Megalochori and Kypseli.

Village
is a village and a community in the western part of the volcanic Methana peninsula, . It is located 3km northwest of Methana town. The community consists of the villages , Vathy, Kaimeni Chora and Megalo Potami. is situated 3½ km west of Methana.

Village
is situated in the eastern part of the Methana volcanic peninsula. It was originally a farming village. The older name of the village is Kosona. is situated 3½ km north of Methana.

Methana

Latitude
37.5807° or 37° 34′ 50″ north
Longitude
23.3914° or 23° 23′ 29″ east
Population
1,150
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8G95H9JR+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264900563
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
257126
Wiki­data ID
Q1925381
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Methana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ميثانا
  • Armenian: Մետանա
  • Basque: Methana
  • Catalan: Metana
  • Catalan: Méthana
  • Cebuano: Méthana
  • Chinese: 邁薩納
  • Dutch: Methana
  • Egyptian Arabic: ميثانا
  • Esperanto: Metana
  • Finnish: Méthana
  • French: Methana
  • French: Méthana
  • German: Methana
  • Greek: Méthana
  • Greek: Μέθανα
  • Hebrew: מתאנה
  • Indonesian: Methana
  • Irish: Methana
  • Italian: Methana
  • Japanese: メタナ
  • Latin: Methana
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Methana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Méthana
  • Norwegian: Methana
  • Persian: متانا
  • Russian: Метана
  • Spanish: Metana
  • Spanish: Methana
  • Swedish: Méthana
  • Turkish: Metana
  • Western Armenian: Մեթանա

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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 “Methana”. Photo: Kernpanik, CC0.