Samothrace

Samothraki is a small island that is the conical tip of a mountain rising out of the sea in the of Greece.
  • Locality with about 2,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,610 metres (5,290 feet)
  • Description: island in the north Aegean
  • Also known as
    “Samothrakē”
    “Samothraki”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Samothraki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palaiopoli and Kamariotissa.
is a village.
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Latitude
40.4733° or 40° 28′ 24″ north
Longitude
25.5222° or 25° 31′ 20″ east
UN/LOCODE
GR SAM
Open location code
8GG7FGFC+8V
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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: “Sámothraké”
  • Danish: “Samothrake”
  • Danish: “Samotrake”
  • Dutch: “Samothrace”
  • Dutch: “Samothracië”
  • Dutch: “Samothráke”
  • Dutch: “Samothraki”
  • Dutch: “Samotrake”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساموثراكى”
  • Esperanto: “Samotrako”
  • Estonian: “Samothráki”
  • Finnish: “Samothrace”
  • Finnish: “Samothrake”
  • Finnish: “Samothráki”
  • French: “Île de Samothrace”
  • French: “Samothrace”
  • Galician: “Samotracia - Σαμοθράκη”
  • Galician: “Samotracia”
  • Georgian: “სამოთრაკი”
  • German: “Samothráke”
  • 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: “Samothráki”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samotrake”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samotraki”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Samothrace”
  • 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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