Souda (Greek: Σούδα) is an islet in Souda Bay on the northwest coast of Crete. In ancient times this islet was one of two islets that were referred to...
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Souda Bay (Greek: Κόλπος Σούδας) is a bay and natural harbour near the town of Souda on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The bay is about...
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Crete Naval Base (redirect from NSA Souda Bay)
at Souda Bay in Crete, Greece. Formally known in NATO as Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay (NSA-Souda Bay), and more commonly in Greece as the Souda Naval...
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name Souda Island, an island in the bay of the same name Chania International Airport, an airport on the Akrotiri peninsula near Souda Bay Souda, Senegal...
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Leucae or Leukae (Λεῦκαι) may refer to: Souda (island) and Leon (Souda Bay), islands off Crete Loches, France Leucae (Ionia), ancient city now located...
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Leukai (Λεῦκαι) may refer to: Souda (island) and Leon (Souda Bay), islands off Crete Leucae (Laconia), town of ancient Laconia, Greece Leukai (Ionia),...
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The Souda Bay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. It contains 19 burials...
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Crete (redirect from Island of Crete, Greece)
Aptera ("featherless"), where they formed the islands in the bay that were called Lefkai (the islands of Souda and Leon). Heracles, in one of his labors,...
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offices. This stamp depicts the 1 May 1913 raising of the Greek flag on Souda Island, marking the annexation of Crete to the Kingdom of Greece. It was printed...
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also known colloquially as Nisi ("the island") and during Venetian rule as Rabbit Island, is an islet in Souda Bay on the northwest coast of Crete. On...
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depth of 2,591 m (8,500 ft). Kastelli-Kissamos, southwest Chania, southwest Souda, south-southwest Rethymno, south Heraklion, south Agios Nikolaos, southeast...
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The Raid on Souda Bay was an attack by the Decima MAS (X-MAS), a specialist unit of the Regia Marina that used unconventional weapons. X-MAS used explosive...
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Chania International Airport (redirect from Souda Air Base)
LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres...
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301°E / 35.309; 26.301 (Sideros) Souda (Islet), 35°29′20″N 24°09′07″E / 35.489°N 24.152°E / 35.489; 24.152 (Souda) Valenti (Rock), 35°35′41″N 23°34′30″E...
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of Chania and several nearby areas, including Kounoupidiana, Mournies, Souda, Nerokouros, Daratsos, Perivolia, Galatas and Aroni. Chania was the site...
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The Aegean Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits...
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Rhodes (redirect from Rhodes Island)
Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a...
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Arvanitika: Nύδρα/Nidhra), and in antiquity Hydrea, is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Myrtoan Sea and the Argolic...
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Ceos), is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit. It is the island of the Cyclades complex...
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Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, (Turkish: Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası), Greek Moschonisi (Greek: Μοσχονήσι or Μοσχόνησος), is the largest of the...
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NATO Missile Firing Installation (category Souda Bay)
Firing Range") is an extensive missile firing range located at Souda Bay on the island of Crete, Greece. NAMFI was established in 1967 as a NATO training...
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The Saronic Islands or Argo-Saronic Islands is an archipelago in Greece, named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located, just off the Greek mainland...
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Aquitaine, France Isla de León, a Spanish island Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete León, Guanajuato, Mexico, a large...
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Skiathos (redirect from Skiathos Island, Greece)
Sciathos and Sciathus) is a small Greek island in the northwest Aegean Sea. Skiathos is the westernmost island in the Northern Sporades archipelago, east...
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Santorini (redirect from Santorin Island)
or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from its mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular...
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Patmos (redirect from Patmos Island)
Patmos (Greek: Πάτμος, pronounced [ˈpatmos]) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is famous as the location where John of Patmos received the visions...
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was ordered to stop bombing airfields on the island and mining Souda Bay and to photograph all of the island. By 5 May it was clear that the attack was...
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Kos (redirect from Kos Island)
[kos]) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese...
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Saria Island (Greek: Σαρία), anciently known as Sarus or Saros (Ancient Greek: Σάρος), is an island in Greece. It is a rocky, volcanic island just to...
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Poros (redirect from Poros Island)
Poros (Greek: Πόρος; Modern Greek pronunciation: [ˈporos]) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about 58 km (36 miles; 31...
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