Sea of Crete
The Sea of Crete, or Cretan Sea, is a sea, part of the Aegean Sea, located in its southern part, with a total surface area of 45,000 km2. The sea stretches to the north of the island of Crete, east of the islands of Kythera and Antikythera, south of the Cyclades, and west of the Dodecanese islands of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kassos.
NASA, Public domain.- Sea
- Description: southern portion of the Aegean Sea
- Also known as“Cretan Sea”“Northern Cretan Sea”“Northern Sea of Crete”
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Latitude
36° north
Longitude
25° east
Open location code
8G862X2X+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = sea
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sea of Crete” goes by many names.
Kretensiese SeeAfrikaans
Κρητικὸν πέλαγοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
بحر كريتArabic
Mar de CretaAragonese
Կրետեական ծովArmenian
Կրետեի ծովArmenian
Krit dəniziAzerbaijani
Kretako itsasoaBasque
Крыцкае мораBelarusian
Kretsko moreBosnian
Mor KretaBreton
Критско мореBulgarian
Mar de CretaCatalan
克里特海Chinese
Крит тинĕсĕChuvash
Kretsko moreCroatian
Krétské mořeCzech
Kretensiske HavDanish
Kretenzische ZeeDutch
Zee van KretaDutch
Kreta MaroEsperanto
Kreeta meriEstonian
KreetanmeriFinnish
Mar de CretaGalician
კრეტის ზღვაGeorgian
Βόρειο Κρητικό ΠέλαγοςGreek
Κρητικό πέλαγοςGreek
ים כרתיםHebrew
Krétai-tengerHungarian
KrítarhafIcelandic
Laut KretaIndonesian
Mare di CretaItalian
クレタ海Japanese
크레타 만Korean
크레타해Korean
Derya CreteKurdish
Derya KretaKurdish
Deryaya GirîtêKurdish
Deryaya KrîtêKurdish
دەریایا کریتێKurdish
Creticum mareLatin
Krētas jūraLatvian
Kretos jūraLithuanian
Критско МореMacedonian
Laut CreteMalay
Laut KritiMalay
კრეტაშ ზუღაMingrelian
KretahavetNorwegian
KretahavetNorwegian Bokmål
خلیج عقبهPersian
دریای کرتPersian
Morze KreteńskiePolish
Morze MorteńskiePolish
Marea CreteiRomanian
Критское мореRussian
Sea o CreteScots
Критско мореSerbian
Kretsko moreSerbo-Croatian
Krétske moreSlovak
Kretsko morjeSlovenian
Bahari ya KreteSwahili
KretahavetSwedish
கிரீட் கடல்Tamil
Крит диңгезеTatar
ทะเลครีตThai
Girit DeniziTurkish
Критське мореUkrainian
Kretiske morjoUpper Sorbian
بحیرہ کریٹUrdu
Mar de CretaVenetian
Biển CreteVietnamese
biển KritiVietnamese
Dagat han CreteWaray (Philippines)
Sea of CreteWaray (Philippines)
Կրետական ծովWestern Armenian
Kretinzyske SeeWestern Frisian
克里特海Yue Chinese
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