Samothrace

Samothraki is a small island that is the conical tip of a mountain rising out of the sea in the of Greece.
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  • Type: Locality with 719 residents
  • Description: island in the north Aegean
  • Also known as: Samothrakē” and “Samothraki

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Samothraki.

Castle

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palaiopoli and Kamariotissa.

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Samothrace

Latitude
40.4733° or 40° 28′ 24″ north
Longitude
25.5222° or 25° 31′ 20″ east
Population
719
Elevation
275 metres (902 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR SAM
Open location code
8GG7FGFC+8V
Geo­Names ID
734359
Wiki­data ID
Q203175
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Samothrace” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Samothrake
  • Albanian: Samotraka
  • Amharic: ሳሞትራቄ
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σαμοθράκη
  • Arabic: ساموثراكي
  • Arabic: سمدرك
  • Armenian: Սամոթրակի
  • Basque: Samotrazia
  • Belarusian: Саматракі
  • Belarusian: Самафракія
  • Breton: Samothraki
  • Breton: Samotraki
  • Bulgarian: Самотраки
  • Catalan: Samotràcia
  • Catalan: Semadirek
  • Catalan: Semedirek
  • Cebuano: Samothrace Island
  • Central Bikol: Samothrace
  • Chinese: 萨莫色雷斯
  • Chinese: 萨莫色雷斯岛
  • Chinese: 薩莫色雷斯島
  • Croatian: Samotraki
  • Czech: Samothraké
  • Czech: Sámothraké
  • Danish: Samothrake
  • Danish: Samotrake
  • Dutch: Samothrace
  • Dutch: Samothracie
  • Dutch: Samothracië
  • Dutch: Samothrake
  • Dutch: Samothráke
  • Dutch: Samothraki
  • Dutch: Samotrake
  • Egyptian Arabic: ساموثراكى
  • Esperanto: Samotrako
  • Estonian: Samothráki
  • Finnish: Samothrace
  • Finnish: Samothrake
  • Finnish: Samothraki
  • Finnish: Samothráki
  • French: Île de Samothrace
  • French: Samothrace
  • Galician: Samotracia - Σαμοθράκη
  • Galician: Samotracia
  • Georgian: სამოთრაკი
  • German: Samothrake
  • German: Samothráke
  • German: Samothraki
  • German: Samothráki
  • German: Semadirek
  • German: Semadrek
  • Greek: Σαμοθράκη
  • Hebrew: סמותרקה
  • Hungarian: Szamothraké
  • Hungarian: Szamothráki
  • Icelandic: Samóþrakía
  • Indonesian: Samotrakia
  • Irish: Samas na Tráicia
  • Italian: Samotracia
  • Japanese: サモトラキ
  • Japanese: サモトラキ島
  • Japanese: サモトラケ
  • Japanese: サモトラケー
  • Japanese: サモトラケー島
  • Japanese: サモトラケ島
  • Korean: 사모트라케 섬
  • Korean: 사모트라케
  • Korean: 사모트라키
  • Korean: 사모트라키섬
  • Latin: Samothrace
  • Latin: Samothracia
  • Lithuanian: Samotrakė
  • Macedonian: Самотракија
  • Malagasy: Samôtrakia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samothrace
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samothrake
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samothraki
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samothráki
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samotrake
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samotraki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Samothrace
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Samothraki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Samothráki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Samotrake
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Samotraki
  • Norwegian: Samothraki
  • Persian: ساموثراکی
  • Polish: Samotraka
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Samotrácia
  • Portuguese: Samothraki
  • Portuguese: Samotrácia
  • Romanian: Samothraki
  • Russian: Самотраки
  • Russian: Самофракия
  • Serbian: Samotraka
  • Serbian: Самотрака
  • Serbian: Самотраки
  • Serbo-Croatian: Samotraka
  • Slovenian: Samotraka
  • Spanish: Samotracia
  • Swahili: Samotrake
  • Swedish: Samothrace
  • Swedish: Samothrake
  • Swedish: Samothraki
  • Thai: Samothrace
  • Thai: เกาะซาโมเทรซ
  • Thai: ซาโมทรากี
  • Thai: ซาโมเทรซ
  • Turkish: Samothraki
  • Turkish: Semadirek
  • Ukrainian: Самотракі
  • Ukrainian: Самотракія
  • Ukrainian: Самофракія
  • Urdu: ساموثراکی
  • Vietnamese: Samothraki
  • Waray (Philippines): Samothraki

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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 “Samothrace”. Photo: Handrian, CC BY-SA 3.0.