Petralona

Petralona is a small locality in , , . It is 6 km northwest of Triglia and 35 km southeast of . Its altitude is 270 m.
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  • Type: Village with 362 residents
  • Description: village in Chalkidiki, Greece
  • Also known as: “Petralona, Chalkidiki” and “Telkelí”
  • Postal code: 63080

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petralona cave and Anthropological Museum Petralona cave.

Cave
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The a karst formation, is located at 300 m above sea-level on the western foot of Mount Katsika, about 1 km east of the village of Petralona, about 35 km south-east of city on the peninsula, .

Museum
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The Anthropological Museum of Petralona was thirty-five kilometres from , in , . It displayed finds from the nearby Petralona cave, in which the oldest European hominid skull was found.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krini.

Village
is a small town of approximately 400 year-round inhabitants in Northern . is a community of the municipal unit Triglia, regional unit of . 's main agricultural crops include wheat, , onions, grapes, and anise.

Petralona

Latitude
40.3691° or 40° 22′ 9″ north
Longitude
23.1591° or 23° 9′ 33″ east
Population
362
Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)
Open location code
8GG59595+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297711900
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
734677
Wiki­data ID
Q7178693
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Petralona” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Петралона (дем Неа Пропонтида)”
  • Bulgarian: “Петралона”
  • Cebuano: “Petrálona”
  • Dutch: “Petralona”
  • Finnish: “Petrálona”
  • Greek: “Πετράλωνα Χαλκιδικής”
  • Greek: “Πετράλωνα”
  • Irish: “Petralona”
  • Italian: “Petralona”
  • Macedonian: “Петралона”
  • Macedonian: “Телкели”
  • Macedonian: “Тилекели”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Petralona (Khalkidiki)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Petralona”
  • Norwegian: “Petralona”
  • Russian: “Петралона”
  • Serbian: “Петралона”
  • Swedish: “Petrálona”

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