Zominthos
Zominthos is a small plateau in the northern foothills of Mount Ida, on the island of Crete. Zominthos is roughly 7.5 kilometers west of the village of Anogia, on the path from Knossos to Idaion Antron, the great sanctuary cave near the peak of Ida.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anogeia and Zoniana.
Anogeia
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anogeia is a village and capital of the homonymous municipality in prefecture of Rethimno at 512 m.
Zoniana
Village
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zoniana is a town and a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mylopotamos, of which it is a municipal unit. Zoniana is situated 7 km northwest of Zominthos.
Kamariotis
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kamariotis is a village, which is situated 7 km north of Zominthos.
Zominthos
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: plateau and archaeological site in Crete, Greece
- Categories: plateau, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Anogeia, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.24881° or 35° 14′ 56″ northLongitude
24.88705° or 24° 53′ 13″ eastElevation
1,187 metres (3,894 feet)Open location code
8G766VXP+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 354288825OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q219818
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Armenian—“Zominthos” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Зоминтос”
- Chinese: “佐明托斯”
- Dutch: “Zominthos”
- Finnish: “Zóminthos”
- French: “Zominthos”
- German: “Zominthos”
- Greek: “Ζώμινθος”
- Hebrew: “זומינתוס”
- Italian: “Zominthos”
- Spanish: “Zóminthos”
- Tatar: “Зоминтос платосы һәм археологик аланы”
- Turkish: “Zominthos”
- Uzbek: “Zominthos”
- Western Armenian: “Զոմինթոս”
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