The Gulf of Chania is an embayment of the Sea of Crete in the northwestern region of the island of Crete in present-day Greece. One headland forming the...
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Kolymvari (category Populated places in Chania (regional unit))
at the southeastern end of the Rodopou peninsula on the Gulf of Chania. Kolymvari was formerly a municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece...
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Crete (redirect from Island of Crete, Greece)
peninsula, gulf of Kissamos, Rodopos peninsula, gulf of Chania, Akrotiri peninsula, Souda Bay, Apokoronas cape, gulf of Almiros, gulf of Heraklion, Aforesmenos...
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Europe, the westernmost portion of Eurasia, is often divided into regions and subregions based on geographical, cultural or historical factors. Since there...
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Gonia Monastery (redirect from Museum of the Monastery of Gonia)
Kolymvari and some 26 km from Chania, on the southeast coast of the Rodopos peninsula in Crete, Greece, overlooking the Gulf of Chania. The monastery was given...
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Macaronesia (category Landforms of the Atlantic Ocean)
collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Africa and Europe. Each archipelago is made up of a number of Atlantic...
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Caucasus (redirect from Comparison of Greek and Caucasian folklore)
the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range...
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South Caucasus (redirect from History of the South Caucasus)
Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains....
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North Caucasus (redirect from History of the North Caucasus)
northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which forms the natural border between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bordered by the Sea of Azov and Black...
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Trizonia island (category Gulf of Corinth)
comprise a small group of islands. It is located off the north coast of the Corinthian gulf, opposite the villages Glyfada and Chania of Phocis prefecture...
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Ryn Desert (category Deserts of Central Asia)
Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located north of the Caspian Sea and southeast of the Volga Upland. The borders of the desert are very loosely defined. Some...
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show a maximum depth of 2,591 m (8,500 ft). Kastelli-Kissamos, southwest Chania, southwest Souda, south-southwest Rethymno, south Heraklion, south Agios...
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Aegean Sea (redirect from Sea of Aegea)
bays and gulfs of the Aegean beginning at the South and moving clockwise include on Crete, the Mirabello, Almyros, Souda and Chania bays or gulfs, on the...
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Chania Crete". "Rhodes, Tourist Port - Municipal Port Fund of South Dodecanese Current Weather Conditions". "Latest Conditions in Falasarna, Chania"...
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Palamidi (redirect from The Fortress of Palamidi)
563889; 22.795278 Sketch of Palamidi in 1708 Palamidi fortress seen from the Nafplio waterfront Interior View of the Argolic Gulf from the Palamidi Palamidi...
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Chania and Rethymno, and from 1314 in Siteia. The rettore of Chania originally was one of the four councillors of the Duke of Crete. The rectors of Chania...
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Argolis (redirect from List of municipalities in Argolida)
the central part of Argolis. Its primary agricultural resources are oranges and olives. Argolis has a coastline on the Saronic Gulf in the northeast and...
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Loutro (island) (category Landforms of Chania (regional unit))
is part of the municipality of Sfakia. The coastal village of Loutro is approximately 71 kilometres (44 miles) south of Chania. The gulf of Loutro was...
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Al Udeid Air Base (category Military installations of the United States in Qatar)
Iraq and Syria, although this aircraft has been pictured operating from Chania International Airport in Crete. With its small territory and narrow population...
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the D-day landings in the vicinity of Maleme and Chania, Heraklion, and Rethymno. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the Abwehr, originally reported 5,000...
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Hellenic Seaways (category Ferry companies of Greece)
Flyingcat 6, Aero 1, Aero 2, & Aero 3) Hellenic Seaways covered itineraries to Chania in Crete island in the summer periods from 2004–2006 with the high-speed...
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Falkonera (category Uninhabited islands of Greece)
of the Islands regional unit, part of the municipality of Spetses. Located at the crossing of the Piraeus-Chania and Cape Maleas-Izmir shipping lanes...
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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (category Airlines of the United Arab Emirates)
Air Abu Dhabi to begin flights to inaugural destination Athens in Jan". Gulf Business. Retrieved 2020-12-30. Liu, Jim (12 July 2020). "Wizz Air Abu Dhabi...
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Chalkidiki (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
'fingers' are separated by two gulfs, the Toronean Gulf and the Singitic Gulf. Chalkidiki borders on the regional unit of Thessaloniki to the north, and...
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Metropolitan areas with a population of 1,000,000 or higher are sorted by population. Cities are ordered by their position on the Mediterranean, from west...
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area of Rhodes, or smaller. The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic Gulf near...
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who was commander of British land forces during the war. The main element of 3 Commando Brigade was not deployed in the 1991 Gulf War. However, 24 men...
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Crete Naval Base (category Buildings and structures in Chania (regional unit))
the Port of Jebel Ali, Emirate of Dubai in the Persian Gulf. Souda is a naturally protected harbor on the northwest coast of the island of Crete, founded...
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the sea after takeoff from Chania International Airport, killing seven of 10 persons on board. On 22 November 2017, C-2A of VRC-30 carrying 11 crew and...
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Prison, Nafplio Neapolis Prison, Neapolis Tripoli Prison, Tripoli Chania Prison, Chania Chios Prison, Chios Kos Prison, Kos Amfissa Preventorium For Prisoners...
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