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Peloponnese

Peloponnese is a peninsula in southern . Once a peninsula connected to the rest of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth, it is now cut off from the mainland by the narrow Corinth Canal, spanned by bridges connecting Peloponnese to across the canal.
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is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of . It is in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.

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is the third largest city of , after and . It is the capital of the Prefecture of on the Peloponnese and the western gateway into the country, thanks to numerous ferry connections with Italy.

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or Korinth is one of the oldest towns of Peloponnese, a port and the capital of the homonym .

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or Argolida is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of , situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the area of , Arcadia and .

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or Messinia is a regional unit in the southwestern part of the region, in . Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, was a prefecture covering the same territory.

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or Lakonia is a historical and administrative region of located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta.

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is a region in the western part of the Peloponnese, bounded on the north by , east by Arcadia, south by , and west by the Ionian Sea.

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is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of . It is situated around the city of , in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.

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is located in , with highly interesting of archaeological monuments, Byzantine churches, lovely villages and imposing a "dormant" volcano.

Peloponnese

Latitude of center
37.5° or 37° 30′ north
Longitude of center
22.3333° or 22° 20′ east
Population
1,160,000
Elevation
917 metres (3,009 feet)
Geo­Names ID
255620
Wiki­data ID
Q78967
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Peloponnese” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Peloponnese”
  • Afrikaans: “Peloponnesos”
  • Albanian: “Peloponezi”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πελοπόννησος”
  • Arabic: “بيلوبونيز”
  • Arabic: “شبه جزيرة بلبونس”
  • Aragonese: “Peloponiso”
  • Armenian: “Պելոպոնես”
  • Asturian: “Peloponeso”
  • Azerbaijani: “Peloponnes”
  • Basque: “Morea”
  • Basque: “Peloponeso”
  • Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Пелапанес”
  • Belarusian: “Пелапанес”
  • Belarusian: “Пэляпанэс”
  • Bengali: “পেলোপনেস”
  • Bosnian: “Peloponez”
  • Breton: “Peloponnesos”
  • Breton: “Peloponnez”
  • Bulgarian: “Пелопонес”
  • Catalan: “Morea”
  • Catalan: “Peloponés”
  • Catalan: “Peloponès”
  • Catalan: “Peloponnès”
  • Catalan: “Península del Peloponès”
  • Cebuano: “Peloponnese”
  • Chinese: “Pelopónnisos”
  • Chinese: “伯罗奔尼撒”
  • Chinese: “伯罗奔尼撒半岛”
  • Chinese: “伯羅奔尼撒”
  • Chinese: “伯羅奔尼撒半島”
  • Chinese: “伯羅邦尼斯”
  • Croatian: “Peloponez”
  • Czech: “Peloponés”
  • Czech: “Peloponéský poloostrov”
  • Czech: “Peloponnés”
  • Czech: “Peloponnésos”
  • Danish: “Peloponnes”
  • Danish: “Peloponnesien”
  • Danish: “Peloponnesos”
  • Dutch: “Peleponesos”
  • Dutch: “Peloponnesisch schiereiland”
  • Dutch: “Peloponnesos”
  • Dutch: “Peloponnesus”
  • Esperanto: “Peloponeso”
  • Esperanto: “Peloponezo”
  • Estonian: “Peloponnesos”
  • Estonian: “Peloponnesose poolsaar”
  • Faroese: “Peloponnes”
  • Finnish: “Morea”
  • Finnish: “Peloponnesos”
  • French: “Morée”
  • French: “Pelloponèse”
  • French: “Péloponèse”
  • French: “Peloponnese”
  • French: “Péloponnèse”
  • French: “Pélopponèse”
  • Galician: “Peloponeso”
  • Georgian: “პელოპონესის ნახევარკუნძული”
  • German: “Peloponnes”
  • German: “Peloponnisos”
  • Greek: “Μοριάς”
  • Greek: “Μωρέας”
  • Greek: “Μωριάς”
  • Greek: “Πελοπόννησος”
  • Hebrew: “הפלופונס”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי הפלופונסי”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי הפלפונזי”
  • Hebrew: “פלופונז”
  • Hebrew: “פלופונס”
  • Hebrew: “פלופונסוס”
  • Hindi: “पेलोपोनीज”
  • Hindi: “पेलोपोनीज़”
  • Hindi: “पेलोपोन्नेस”
  • Hungarian: “Peloponnészosz”
  • Icelandic: “Pelópsskagi”
  • Ido: “Peloponezo”
  • Ido: “Peninsulo Peloponeso”
  • Indonesian: “Peloponnese”
  • Indonesian: “Peloponnesos”
  • Interlingua: “Peloponneso”
  • Irish: “An Pheilipinéis”
  • Irish: “Peilipinéiseach”
  • Italian: “Morea”
  • Italian: “Peloponneso”
  • Italian: “Penisola del Peloponneso”
  • Japanese: “ペロポニソス半島”
  • Japanese: “ペロポネーソス”
  • Japanese: “ペロポネーソス半島”
  • Japanese: “ペロポネソス”
  • Japanese: “ペロポネソス半島”
  • Japanese: “ペロポンネソス”
  • Japanese: “ペロポンネソス半島”
  • Japanese: “モレア”
  • Kirghiz: “Пелопоннес”
  • Korean: “펠로폰네소스”
  • Korean: “펠로폰네소스반도”
  • Korean: “펠로폰니소스 반도”
  • Korean: “펠로폰니소스”
  • Kurdish: “Pelopones”
  • Kurdish: “Peloponês”
  • Latin: “Peloponnesus”
  • Latvian: “Peloponesa”
  • Latvian: “Peloponēsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Peloponesas”
  • Lombard: “Pelopunes”
  • Lombard: “Pelopunés”
  • Lombard: “Pelupunes”
  • Low German: “Morea”
  • Low German: “Peloponnes”
  • Luxembourgish: “Peloponnes”
  • Macedonian: “Пелопонез”
  • Malay: “Peloponnesos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pelopónnisos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peleponnes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peloponnes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peloponnese”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peloponneser”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peloponnesos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peloponnesus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peloponnes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peloponnese”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peloponnesos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peloponnesus”
  • Norwegian: “Peloponnes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Peloponés”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Peloponès”
  • Ossetian: “Пелопоннес”
  • Persian: “پلوپونز”
  • Persian: “پلیپونز”
  • Persian: “پلیوپونیز”
  • Polish: “Morea”
  • Polish: “Peloponez”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Peloponeski”
  • Portuguese: “Peloponeso”
  • Portuguese: “Península do Peloponeso”
  • Romanian: “Pelopones”
  • Romanian: “Peloponesia”
  • Romanian: “Peloponez”
  • Romanian: “Peloponezia”
  • Romanian: “Peloponnesos”
  • Romanian: “Peloponnessus”
  • Romanian: “Peloponnesus”
  • Russian: “Пелопоннес”
  • Rusyn: “Пелопонез”
  • Scots: “Peloponnese”
  • Serbian: “Пелепонез”
  • Serbian: “Пелопонез”
  • Serbian: “Пелопонеско полуострво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Peloponez”
  • Sicilian: “Peloponneso”
  • Sicilian: “Peloponnesu”
  • Sicilian: “Peloponnèsu”
  • Sicilian: “Pelupullèsu”
  • Sicilian: “Pelupunnesu”
  • Sicilian: “Pilupunnesu”
  • Slovak: “Peloponéz”
  • Slovenian: “Peloponez”
  • Spanish: “Morea”
  • Spanish: “Peloponense”
  • Spanish: “Peloponenses”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesia”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesiaca”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesíaca”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesiacas”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesíacas”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesiaco”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesíaco”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesiacos”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesíacos”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesias”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesio”
  • Spanish: “Peloponesios”
  • Spanish: “Peloponeso”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula del Peloponeso”
  • Spanish: “Península del Peloponeso”
  • Swahili: “Peloponesi”
  • Swedish: “Morea”
  • Swedish: “Peleponnesos”
  • Swedish: “Peloponessos”
  • Swedish: “Peloponnesiska halvön”
  • Swedish: “Peloponnesos”
  • Swedish: “Peloponnesus”
  • Swedish: “Pelopponnesos”
  • Swedish: “Pelopponnesus”
  • Swiss German: “Peloponnes”
  • Tamil: “பெலொப்பொனேசியா”
  • Tamil: “பெலோபொன்னீசு”
  • Tamil: “பெலோபொன்னீஸ்”
  • Thai: “Pelopones”
  • Thai: “Peloponese”
  • Thai: “Peloponessus”
  • Thai: “Peloponnese”
  • Thai: “Peloponnesia”
  • Thai: “Peloponnesian”
  • Thai: “Peloponnesos”
  • Thai: “Peloponnesus”
  • Thai: “Peloponnisos”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรเพโลพอนนีส”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรเพโลโพนีส”
  • Thai: “ชาวเพโลพอนเนเซีย”
  • Thai: “เพโลพอนนีส”
  • Thai: “เพโลพอนเนซอส”
  • Thai: “เพโลพอนเนซัส”
  • Thai: “เพโลพอนเนเซีย”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Peloponnes”
  • Turkish: “Mora Yarımadası”
  • Turkish: “Mora”
  • Turkish: “Peleponnes”
  • Turkish: “Peleponnesos”
  • Turkish: “Peloponnesia”
  • Turkish: “Peloponnesos”
  • Turkish: “Peloponnesus”
  • Turkish: “Peloponnez yarımadası”
  • Ukrainian: “Пелопоннес”
  • Ukrainian: “Пелопоннеський півострів”
  • Urdu: “Peloponnesus”
  • Urdu: “الموریا”
  • Urdu: “پیلوپونیسس”
  • Urdu: “لاموریہ”
  • Urdu: “مورہ”
  • Urdu: “موریا”
  • Urdu: “موریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Peloponnes”
  • Venetian: “Morea”
  • Venetian: “Peloponeso”
  • Venetian: “Pełoponexo”
  • Vietnamese: “Peloponnese”
  • Vietnamese: “Peloponnesos”
  • Vietnamese: “Peloponnesus”
  • Vlaams: “Peloponnesos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Peloponeso”
  • Welsh: “Peloponnese”
  • Welsh: “Peloponnesos”
  • Welsh: “Peloponnesus”
  • Western Armenian: “Պելոպոնես”
  • Western Frisian: “Peloponnesos”
  • Western Panjabi: “پیلوپونیز”
  • Wu Chinese: “伯罗奔尼撒”
  • Yue Chinese: “伯羅邦尼斯”

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Peloponnese”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.