Sifnos
Sifnos is a small island within the Western Cyclades, of about 35 sq mi with a permanent population of about 2,200, but which increases greatly during summer.
- Type: Island
- Description: island of Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece
- Also known as: “Meropi”, “Nisi Sifnos”, “Profitis Ilias”, “Sifno”, “Sifnos-Σίφνος”, “Siphanto”, “Siphnus”, “Syphante”, “Сифн”, “シフノス”, and “錫弗諾斯”
- Historically known as: “Siphano Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Agios Andréas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Apollonia and Artemonas.
Apollonia
Village
Photo: Horology, Public domain.
Sifnos
- Category: landform
- Location: Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.9738° or 36° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude
24.7036° or 24° 42′ 13″ east
Elevation
292 metres (958 feet)
Open location code
8G86XPF3+GC
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Sifnos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Sifnos”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σίφνος”
- Arabic: “سيفونس”
- Armenian: “Սիֆնոս”
- Bulgarian: “Сифнос”
- Catalan: “Sifnos”
- Cebuano: “Nisí Sífnos”
- Chinese: “錫弗諾斯島”
- Chinese: “锡夫诺斯岛”
- Chinese: “锡弗诺斯岛”
- Czech: “Sifnos”
- Dutch: “Sifnos”
- Esperanto: “Sifnos”
- Estonian: “Sífnos”
- Faroese: “Sifnos”
- Finnish: “Sífnos (kunta)”
- Finnish: “Sífnos”
- French: “Sifnos”
- Galician: “Sifnos - Σίφνος”
- Galician: “Sifnos”
- German: “Sifnos”
- Greek: “Nisí Sífnos”
- Greek: “Nísos Sífnos”
- Greek: “Sífnos”
- Greek: “Síphnos”
- Greek: “Νησί Σίφνος”
- Greek: “Νήσος Σίφνος”
- Greek: “Σίφνος”
- Hebrew: “סיפנוס”
- Hungarian: “Szifnosz”
- Indonesian: “Sifnos”
- Italian: “Sifanto”
- Japanese: “シフノス島”
- Korean: “시프노스섬”
- Latin: “Siphnos”
- Latvian: “Sifna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sifnos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sífnos”
- Norwegian: “Sifnos”
- Polish: “Sifnos”
- Portuguese: “Sifnos”
- Romanian: “Sifnos”
- Russian: “Сифнос”
- Serbian: “Sifnos”
- Serbian: “Сифнос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sifnos”
- Slovenian: “Sifnos”
- Spanish: “Sifnos”
- Swedish: “Sifnos”
- Turkish: “Yavuzca”
- Ukrainian: “Сіфнос”
- Urdu: “سیفنوس”
- Vietnamese: “Sifnos”
- Welsh: “Sifnos”
- Western Armenian: “Սիֆնոս”
- Yue Chinese: “斯夫路斯島”
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