Patmos

Patmos is a small island in the , one of the northernmost islands of the complex.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Aegean Sea
  • Also known as: Nisi Patmos” and “Patino
  • Historically known as: Patmos Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Apocalypse and Monastery of Saint John the Theologian.

Photo: Vladimir Boskovic, Public domain.
The is located approximately halfway up the mountain on the of Patmos, along the road between the villages of Chóra and Skala.

Monastery
The is a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 in Chora on the island of Patmos. It is named after St John of Patmos, the author of the Christian Book of Revelation who, according to the text, lived on the island when visions of the apocalypse came to him.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skala and Patmos.

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Patmos

Latitude
37.332° or 37° 19′ 55″ north
Longitude
26.548° or 26° 32′ 53″ east
Population
3,050
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G988GJX+Q6
Geo­Names ID
255687
Wiki­data ID
Q190053
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Patmos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: البطمس
  • Arabic: بطمس
  • Arabic: جزيرة بطمس
  • Armenian: Պատմոս
  • Basque: Patmos
  • Belarusian: Востраў Патмас
  • Belarusian: Патмас
  • Bulgarian: Патмос
  • Catalan: Patmos
  • Cebuano: Nísos Pátmos
  • Central Kurdish: پەتموس
  • Chinese: 帕特摩岛
  • Chinese: 帕特莫斯岛
  • Chinese: 帕特莫斯島
  • Chinese: 拔摩岛
  • Croatian: Patmos
  • Croatian: Pátmos
  • Czech: Patmos
  • Czech: Pátmos
  • Danish: Patmos
  • Dutch: Patmos
  • Dutch: Pátmos
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة بطمس
  • Esperanto: Patmo
  • Esperanto: Patmos
  • Estonian: Patmos
  • Estonian: Pátmos
  • Finnish: Patmos
  • Finnish: Pátmos
  • French: Patmos
  • French: Pátmos
  • Galician: Patmos
  • Georgian: პატმოსი
  • German: Patmos
  • German: Pátmos
  • Greek: Nisí Pátmos
  • Greek: Νησί Πάτμος
  • Greek: Νήσος Πάτμος
  • Greek: Πάτμος
  • Hebrew: פטמוס
  • Hebrew: פתמוס
  • Hindi: पाटमोस
  • Hungarian: Pátmosz
  • Indonesian: Patmos
  • Italian: Isola di Patmos
  • Italian: Pathmos
  • Italian: Patmo
  • Italian: Patmos
  • Japanese: パットモス
  • Japanese: パットモス島
  • Japanese: パトモス
  • Japanese: パトモス島
  • Korean: 파트모스섬
  • Latin: Patmos
  • Latin: Patmus
  • Latvian: Patma
  • Lithuanian: Patmas
  • Macedonian: Патмос
  • Malagasy: Patmosy
  • Malagasy: Patmôsy
  • Malayalam: പാറ്റ്മോസ്
  • Marathi: पॅटमोस
  • Min Dong Chinese: Băk-mò̤
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Patmos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Patmos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pátmos
  • Norwegian: Patmos
  • Occitan (post 1500): Patmos
  • Persian: پاتموس
  • Polish: Patmos
  • Portuguese: Ilha de patmos
  • Portuguese: Ilha de pátmos
  • Portuguese: Patmos
  • Portuguese: Pátmos
  • Romanian: insula Patmos
  • Romanian: Insula Patmos
  • Romanian: Patmos
  • Russian: Остров Патмос
  • Russian: Патм
  • Russian: Патмос
  • Scots: Patmos
  • Serbian: Patmos
  • Serbian: Πάτμος
  • Serbian: Патмос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Patmos
  • Slovak: Patmos
  • Slovenian: Patmos
  • Spanish: Patmos
  • Swedish: Patmos
  • Tagalog: Patmos
  • Thai: พัตมอส
  • Turkish: Batnaz Adası
  • Turkish: Batnaz
  • Turkish: Batnoz Ada
  • Turkish: Batnoz Adası
  • Turkish: Batnoz
  • Turkish: Patmos
  • Ukrainian: Патмос
  • Urdu: پتمس
  • Vietnamese: Patmos
  • Waray (Philippines): Patmos
  • Welsh: Patmos
  • Western Armenian: Փաթմոս
  • Western Frisian: Patmos
  • Wu Chinese: 帕特莫斯岛

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